Lille, France, Nov 2, 2025 (AFP) - Fire ravages French monastery dubbed 'Notre-Dame of the Ardennes'

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2025-11-02

A fire on Sunday tore through the ancient monastery of Mont-Dieu, destroying the centuries-old French heritage site's main building, the local mayor and firefighters told AFP. Anne Fraipont, mayor of the nearby village of Tannay-le-Mont-Dieu, lamented the death of a monastery she called the "Notre-Dame of the Ardennes", which gained historic monument status in 1946. "There was a lot of wood in this building," said Fraipont. "There is no longer a......

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