Charron Monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Charron | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Franceregion Nouvelle-Aquitaine Département Charente-Maritime |
| Coordinates: | 46 ° 17 ′ 11 ″ N , 1 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
500 |
| founding year | 1191 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | La Grâce-Dieu Monastery (Aunis) |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Charron Monastery ( Notre-Dame de Charron; Gratia Sanctae Mariae) is a former Cistercian abbey in the Charente-Maritime department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ( France ). The monastery was located in the municipality of Charron around 17 kilometers north of La Rochelle , near the sea.
history
The monastery was founded by Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1191 as the daughter of the La Grâce-Dieu monastery in Aunis and was thus part of the filiation of the Clairvaux primary abbey . After Geoffroi Ostorius, Lord of Marans , left the Alouettes swamps to the three monasteries of La Grâce-Dieu, Charron and St-Léonard-des-Chaumes for drainage and use in 1192 , they laid a kind of dike to protect this area against flooding , the later (occupied since 1273) so-called Bot de l'Alouette . The monastery was besieged by the Huguenots in 1562 , but restored in 1614. During the French Revolution , the monastery came to an end in 1791.
Buildings and plant
Two wings from the 17th century are now integrated into a farm. The rest of the complex has disappeared apart from a few remains of the wall.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , p. 364.
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 393.