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Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye Isère In the gentle valley where the Isère flows, a stone village huddles around a Gothic abbey with glazed roofs: Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye. Here, alleyways narrow into mysterious gullies, light clings to timber-framed facades and footsteps resound like a string of echoes. People come from far and wide: pilgrims from the West, travelers from the Middle East, princes and kings of France. All attracted by the treasure kept in the heart of the village, the reliquary shrine of Saint Anthony the Egyptian, and by the renown of a hospitable order whose charity has spanned the centuries: the Antonines. They treat the "mal des ardents", the inner fire that consumes bodies and embraces souls. Here, we learn to listen, the diet that soothes, the bread that comforts, the knowledge of herbariums, and the art of reaching out. And so a reputation is born: in this stone enclave, the science of healing and faith speak in hushed tones. Over time, life weaves its contrasts: peasants, merchants and nobles share the same stone, the same water, the same market. The sacred rings in the bell towers, the profane laughs under the market halls; processions and fairs cross paths, and the village, true to its welcoming values, also shelters its shadows - that ancient chill where fervor and doubt meet. Today, the abbey, the cloister, the chapter houses and the sculpted facades tell the story of this memory. Museums, artisan workshops, medieval festivals and summer nights reinvent the legend, while the table brings together Vercors cheeses, golden walnuts, hillside honeys and monastic-scented gingerbread. Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, "France's Favourite Village", remains a passageway for souls, a place where you can walk in history as much as in light. Here, stone knows how to listen. The sacred pours forth its light, the profane its laughter. And when evening falls, the relics keep watch - the hospitable village offers bread, words and the road.
Timbre-poste (héliogravure) : création Caroline Péron et mise en page Ségolène Carron, d'après photo © Jeremy Penel / Myphotoagency. Document philatélique et cachet d'oblitération : création Caroline Péron et mise en page Ségolène Carron. Texte : Mairie de Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye. L'émission « Le village préféré des Français » est diffusée par France Télévisions, conçue et produite par © Morgane Production.
Commercialisation start date
July 10, 2026
Commercialisation end date
July 31, 2027
Adherence type
sticking_type.
Printing technique
Offset
Number per sheet
1
Permanent value
Face value
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Philatelic charter family
Philatelic program stamp
Official release date
July 10, 2026
Stamp format
210 x 297 mm
author
PÉRON Caroline
Product number
2126542
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