Abbey of La BussièreAbbaye de la Bussière

Abbey of La Bussière, founded in 1131 as a Cistercian monastery in Burgundy’s Ouche valley, was built for a life where prayer, work, and silence shaped both community and landscape. Its 12th c. church and vaulted convent ranges turn the order’s ideal of restraint into architecture—clear proportions, filtered light, and little ornament. Restored and adapted as a hotel, the complex remains a local landmark, carrying monastic memory into a new form of hospitality.