Calers Monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Calers | |
|---|---|
| location |
 FranceOccitania region Haute-Garonne department |
| Coordinates: | 43 ° 15 '35 " N , 1 ° 28' 28" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
293 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1148 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1790 |
| Mother monastery | Grandselve Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Monastery of Calers (Calercium; Notre-Dame de Calers) is a former Cistercian abbey in the Haute-Garonne department , Occitania region in France . The monastery is located in the municipality of Gaillac-Toulza around 44 kilometers south of Toulouse on the Ruisseau de Calers.
history
The monastery was founded in 1148 as a daughter of the Grandselve monastery and thus belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux primary abbey . It came to an end in the French Revolution in 1790.
Buildings and plant
Some remains of the monastery complex (including two partially walled, pointed arched arcades?) Are said to still be in the hamlet of Calers.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien , Editions Gaud, Moisenay, p. 258, ISBN 2-84080-044-6
- Casimir Barrière-Flavy: L'Abbaye de Calers , Toulouse: Chauvin, 1887/89