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The farm of Saint-Antoine, located in Saint-Pierremont in Aisne (Hautes-de-France), is the heiress of a female abbey founded in 1240 or 1245 under the name of Peace Notre-Dame by the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Paris. This monastery, cited in 1284 under the name Abbatia Beate-Marie-de-Pace, disappeared during the 14th century wars before being transformed in 1428 into a hospitalry called Peace Saint-Antoine or Hospital Saint-Antoine. The sources mention its progressive decline, leaving today only a chapel made of limestone, partially murated, with two ogival bays characteristic of the thirteenth century.

The current site, registered with the Historical Monuments in 1988, combines these medieval remains with agricultural buildings from the 17th to 18th centuries. The central courtyard is framed by a body of brick and stone houses, stables, two wooden barns on a brick base (including a 41-metre barn), and an 18th-century pigeon-house. These developments reflect the conversion of the abbey into a farm, while preserving architectural elements that bear witness to its religious and hospital past.

Historical documents highlight its initial membership in the order of Saint-Victor de Paris, and its transformation into a hospital in the 15th century. Despite the destruction caused by the 14th century conflicts, the site retains a major heritage value, illustrated by its inscription as the Historic Monuments for all its facades and roofs. Today's visible remains, such as the chapel and barns, offer a tangible testimony of this evolution over nearly eight centuries.

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