The Prieuré
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The Prieuré is the short name for "Le Prieuré des Basses
Loges" in "Ville d´Avon" near Fontainebleau (or just Fontainebleu-Avon).
The entrance to the premises of the Prieuré is on Rue Bezout, almost
at the edge of Avon.
The premises of the Prieuré is currently owned by a nursing
home for elderly and ill people. We had been warned that the director of
the nursing home hates gurdjieff, and that we would not be welcome there.
The building is totally renovated and occupied by tenants who rent apartments
there. The gate to the building had a sign on it that said there where
still aparments available. I view the current state of the Prieuré
with mixed feelings. Although they did a great job on the renovation, it
is strange that people who probably don't have the faintest idea about
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We entered the premises through the parking lot of the nursing home. A
path led up to the nursing home (that looks so ugly that we didn't even
think of taking a picture of it) across the lawns that used to belong to
the Prieuré. The picture on the left was taken immediately after
we came up to the lawn. This is how the Prieuré is usually portrayed,
but somehow I think it's actually the back of the building. |
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This is the Prieuré as seen from the (closed) gate at the corner
of Rue Bezout. The building is L-shaped. The wall at the back separates
the premises from the road (all of the premises is enclosed by walls, so
it was even a little hard to find). |
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We took this picture a bit further along the wall that can be seen on the
previous picture. Taking it involved some acrobatcs. Ingrid had to stand
on my hands to peek over the wall. |
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And this is the view from the little building called "The Paradou", where
"the Russians" used to live (according to Fritz Peters). |
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Viewed trough the new entrance; it now has an underground parking. |
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Viewed trough the new entrance; Le Paradou |
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| Intro The
Prieuré The garden
of the Prieuré Le
Paradou Gurdjieff
in Paris Gurdjieff's
grave |
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