Bassac () is a

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in the Charente department in southwestern

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. It has

Bassac Abbey Bassac Abbey (french: Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Bassac) is a former Benedictine monastery in Bassac, Charente, France, in the former diocese of Saintes . The abbey was founded in 1002 by Wardrade Lorichès, count of la Marche and first known ...

, founded more than 1000 years ago (in the year 1002), partially restored in the late 20th century, and sold in 2015 to a trust ("société civile immobilièree") for renovation.

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