Dalon Monastery
| Dalon Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Abbey ruins |
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| location |
 FranceNouvelle-Aquitaine Dordogne region |
| Coordinates: | 45 ° 16 '24 " N , 1 ° 13' 31" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
375 |
| founding year | 1114 by Benedictines |
| Cistercian since | 1162 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Pontigny monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Pontigny monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
Aubignac Monastery (1162) |
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The Dalon Monastery (also Notre-Dame de Dalon or Dalona ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Sainte-Trie in the Dordogne department , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , in France . The complex is privately owned and has been recognized as a Monument historique since 1948 .
location
The former monastery buildings are located near the border with today's Corrèze department, around 48 km (driving distance) north-east of Périgueux and around 5 km south-east of Sainte-Trie on the Dalon stream at an altitude of around 185 m above sea level. d. M.
history
The monastery was founded in 1114 on the basis of a foundation by Géraud de Lastours by Géraud de Salles according to the Benedictine rule for hermits. The monastery joined the Cistercian order in 1162 as the daughter of the Primary Abbey of Pontigny , along with its daughter monasteries that formed the Order of Dalon . She received the rank of third daughter of Pontigny. The abbey was under the protection of Henri II Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lionheart . The troubadour Bertran de Born retired as a monk in the monastery. Dalon owned 22 grangia in the Perigord and on the Atlantic coast of Saintonge and the priory of Saint-Blaise. At the end of the 12th century, Dalon was the wealthiest abbey in the Limousin with large agricultural estates. The monastery was also important as a station on the Way of St. James . Some of the grangia were later converted into bastides . Especially in the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) the monastery suffered from looting. In 1561 it suffered severe fire damage. In the 17th century the buildings became ruins. In 1756 only four monks remained. The monastery came to an end in the French Revolution ; the buyer left the entire complex with the exception of the abbot's house to decay.
Buildings and plant
A monumental portal from the 18th century has been preserved from the complex, as well as the abbot's house with the chapter house , which has become a kitchen and whose vaults rest on a round central column, and the sacristy, which has become a cellar and vaulted by a pointed barrel. To the north are the church ruins from the 13th century with two walled-up portals and remains of the transept chapels . The pigeon house (pigeonnier) that used to belong to the abbey has also been preserved.
literature
- Louis Grillon: Le domaine et la vie économique de l'abbaye cistercienne de Notre-Dame de Dalon en Bas-Limousin. Bordeaux 1964 (Mémoire ou thèse).
- Jean-Pierre Laussac, Louis Grillon: L'abbaye de Dalon sous les abbés commendataires François et Louis de La Fayette (1634–1729). In: Revue de la Société des Lettres. Sciences et Arts de la Corrèze. Vol. 106, 2003, ISSN 1148-8557 , pp. 349-369, online (PDF; 3.41 MB) .
- Madeleine van Mieghem: L'abbaye cistercienne de Notre-Dame du Dalon. De 1790 à 1814. M. van Mieghem, Sainte-Fortunade 1976.
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , pp. 23-24.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sainte-Trie - Abbaye de Dalon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Dalon Monastery - Map with altitude information