Montmajour abbey is a few kilometers away from Arles in Provence (France), on the road to Les Baux-de-Provence. It was created as early as the XIth century as a Benedictine monastery.
At the foot of the tower, a series of tombs were carved in the rock. The monks would make money by burrying people in those shallow graves. Each beeing used repeatedly and the host evicted as soon as the lease ran out.
L'abbaye de Montmajour se trouve à quelques kilomètres de la sortie d'Arles, sur la route qui conduit aux Baux de Provence. Fondée dés le XIième siècle, c'était un monastère bénédictin.
Au pied de la tour de gauche se trouvait le cimetière taillé dans le rocher. Au fil des siècles, les mêmes tombes ont été utilisées pour de nombreuses inhumation successives.
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