Mazan Abbey – Mazan-l'Abbaye loop from Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne
Mazan Abbey – Mazan-l'Abbaye loop from Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne
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Mazan Abbey – Mazan-l'Abbaye loop from Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne
03:22
11.7km
280m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: June 17, 2026
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538 m
Saint-Cirgues-de-Malvergne Monastery Ruins
Highlight • Historical Site
7.40 km
Mazan Abbey
Highlight • Religious Site
It all begins with the foundation of the Cistercian abbey in the heart of the village. This takes place between 1119 and 1122. At the beginning of the 12th century, canons came to settle on the site of Mas d’Adam (a toponym that would evolve into MAZAN), and were joined by monks from the abbey of Bonnevaux.
These religious men built a huge abbey, of which only the remains exist today, which experienced a period of apogee that lasted until the Hundred Years' War. It gave birth to four other abbeys which are Bonneval, Sénanque, Sylvanès and le Thoronet as well as establishments for nuns.
After this prosperous period, misfortunes followed one another at the abbey of Mazan: it was plundered by the great companies of the Hundred Years' War, then attacked by the Huguenots in the modern period.
Before this last looting, the monks, according to legend, would have melted a golden bell with all their treasures, which they would have buried somewhere, facing and opposite the bull's-eye window, within earshot of the rooster's crow.
montagnedardeche.com/patrimoine-culturel/village-de-mazan-labbaye-2387
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7.52 km
Mazan-l'Abbaye
Highlight • Settlement
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11.7 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
6.45 km
3.76 km
1.30 km
223 m
Surfaces
6.44 km
3.54 km
1.53 km
140 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (1,230 m)
Lowest point (1,050 m)
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