Gourdon Monastery
| Gourdon Monastery | |
|---|---|
 Ruins of Gourdon Abbey |
|
| location |
 France Lot department |
| Coordinates: | 44 ° 42 '32.4 " N , 1 ° 18' 28.3" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
665 |
| founding year | 1242 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
17th century |
| Mother monastery | Obazine Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
The monastery Sainte-Marie-de-Gourdon (lat. Abbatia Gordonium ; double also. Abbaye de Léobard or Abbaye Nouvelle ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town of Léobard in the department of Lot in the region Occitania in France .
location
The facility is located around 8 km southwest of the city of Gourdon , on a slope on the south side of the Céou river , near the village of L'Abbaye , on a limestone spur called Pech-Gisbert (similar to Le Thoronet Abbey ).
history
The monastery was founded in 1242 as a subsidiary of Obazine Monastery from the filiation of Cîteaux Monastery on the basis of a foundation by Guillaume de Gourdon, Lord of Salviac, who is said to have been accused of belonging to the Cathars . An earlier attempt to found a foundation is said to have taken place in St-Martin-le-Désarnat around 1150. The first abbot was Odo von Ventadour. He had the surrounding wall built, the southern section of which is still almost intact. The abbey, which was damaged in the Hundred Years War , never gained greater importance. In 1477 it counted only one monk and in the following time never more than two monks. Already in the 17th century it was largely in ruins and is said to have been finally abandoned during this time. It was sold in 1790 and served as a quarry until recently. A company of friends has been looking after them since 1978. The complex has been classified as a Monument historique since 1991. Restoration work has been taking place since 2001.
Buildings and plant
The originally five-bay Gothic church was built between 1260 and 1287 with a single nave and without a transept and rests on a vaulted substructure (originally probably a cellar). Two yokes of the trapezoidal structure have been preserved and are still in use. Ruins of two other yokes have been preserved. The choir that just closed has disappeared. Of the convent buildings are u. a. the south wall of the refectory and parts of the converse building were preserved.
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. 268.
