Fontaine-les-Blanches monastery
| Fontaine-les-Blanches monastery | |
|---|---|
| location |
 France
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| Coordinates: | 47 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 1 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
251 |
| founding year | 1125 by Augustinian - Canons Regular |
| Cistercian since | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Savigny Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
The Fontaine-les-Blanches monastery is a former Cistercian abbey in France . It is located on the southern edge of the municipality of Autrèche near Château-Renault in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Center-Val de Loire region , around 13 km north of Amboise , by a pond (Étang de Fontaine-les-Blanches), a little west of the Street D 31.
history
The 1125 by Augustinian - canons regular should have been awarded populated monastery, which in 1127 by Renaud de Château-Renault the high jurisdiction of the Congregation joined in 1134 Savigny on. With this it came to the Cistercian Order in 1147 and submitted to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The monastery, initially poor, grew prosperous through foundations. It was disbanded and sold in the French Revolution in 1791.
Buildings and plant
The facility was largely demolished after 1791. A hall located in a modern building with four groin vaults resting on a single column, possibly the former chapter house from the 13th century and another hall with remains of a painting from the 14th century as well as u. a. the 16th century entrance portal ( classified as a Monument historique in 1949 ). The church of Autrèche has two figures from the monastery. The choir stalls from the 15th century found their way into the parish of Saint Prix in Noizay , and a Marian altar to Saint Ouen les Vignes.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 107.