MOISSAC. St.Pierre Abbey

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Hi dearest-s! I came back from Moissac!

A village with a grand castle where it was the strongest Benedictine abbey someday.
This is the Saint-Pierre Abbey
- Ex Benedictine and Cluniac monastery, founded by Clovis, according to legend. In fact it started in the middle of the VII century by Saint Didier, bishop of Cahors. And this is the one of the most beautiful cloisters in the world.

MOISSAC. St.Pierre Abbey - Cloistre

Look: I'm taking a photo of the Devil's wall, the Divine is behind me, The Revelation is above me, and St.Pierre and St.Isaiah are around:

This is the Apocalypses, aka Revelation with the god, apostles and 24 monastic elders. They are funny! They drink and have fun, despite the doomsday

I drew some points on the run:

Tower, Cloister and 3 vieillards

Market in Moissac

I drew it in the cafe a little bit later, but this wine label is from other region of France - it's just we drank this wine yesterday night (and yes, I still have the wine in my head while drawing)

We lived in Lafrançaise, small village close to Moissac, in the grand house with the fields around, there was a lovely German madam proprietor Christa and her dog Max. I tried to paint this house and la pelouse

And some details of the place, some local french views to keep in my eyes

I've painted it !

Coffee in the petit street café

PS! And some real impression - the bells ring in the St.Pierre Abbey cloistre - a very short video, but I still love to catch this purifying sense of ringing air in the monastry walls