The Cistercian abbey of Chaalis was founded in 1137 by King Louis VI on the current Fontaine-Chaalis in Oise, in the heart of the Ermenonville forest.
It was a notable, especially in the Renaissance and after the Revolution, spent in the private sector, its abbey castle redesigned in vast residence became a museum surrounded by a large park now owned by the Institut de France.
This is the fourteenth century that the Chaalis Royal abbey acquired a property in the locality of Thorigny-sur-Marne in the current department of Seine-et-Marne, 30 km east of Paris and 30 km south the abbey itself. At that time, Thorigny whose rise was linked to river trade on the Marne was located on the border between the kingdom of France and county of Champagne.
The remains of the property of the Abbey of Chaalis Thorigny consist of a part of a former cellar (fermenting) fourteenth and portal dating from the seventeenth century. The assembly is protected as historical monuments.
These testimonies of the Cistercian presence in Thorigny can stake a walk in the locality.
Information at +33 1 60 07 89 89.
