The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale that was published by Risse of Villers-Cotterêts. The card has a divided back.
Longpont
Longpont is a commune in the Aisne département in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is around 13 km southwest of Soissons, and around 75 km northeast of Paris.
In 2018 the village had a population of 255. The former Longpont Abbey is situated within the commune.
On the 8th. January 2015 the town was locked down in the search for suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
Longpont Abbey
Longpont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Longpont) was a Cistercian monastery. It existed from 1131 to 1793, being founded by monks from the abbey of Clairvaux, at the behest of Jocelin of Soissons.
There is now a hotel on the site, located in the old Cistercian inn. The roofless abbey church can be visited, along with the better-preserved buildings around the cloister.
The original buildings suffered war damage in 1918. The huge rose window of the church would have been stunning when it was intact and filled with medieval stained glass.
