The Benedictine Palace in the city of Fecan

The Benedictine Palace was built in the 19th century and owes its existence to a local liqueur. According to legend, in the 16th century, a Benedictine monk named Bernardo Vincelli created an elixir. 350 years later, in 1863, Alexandre Le Grand, a wealthy collector of ecclesiastical art, discovered the recipe for this elixir, made from 27 different plants and spices; this is how the world-famous Bénédictine liqueur came to be. It was Le Grand who built the palace. The palace is a two-story building with an attic, richly decorated with stucco moldings and carved bas-reliefs along its entire perimeter. Inside is a museum, most of whose exhibits feature items related to the production of the liqueur and its history.