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Abbaye de Fontenay
CHRISTOPHER WOOD
Detour:
Chantier Médiéval de Guédelon
A team of skilled artisans, aided by archaeologists, has been hard at work building a forti-
fied
castle
( 03 86 45 66 66;
www.guedelon.fr
; D955 near Treigny; adult/child €9/7;
10am-5.30pm or 6pm Thu-Tue, closed Oct-mid-Mar; )
here since 1997 using only 13th-
century techniques. No electricity or power tools here...stone is quarried on site using iron
hand tools forged by a team of blacksmiths, who also produce vital items like door hinges.
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