Grandpré Monastery
| Grandpré Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Aerial photo: preserved parts of the monastery |
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| location |
 BelgiumProvince of Namur |
| Coordinates: | 50 ° 25 '5 " N , 5 ° 1' 2" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
608 |
| founding year | 1231 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1796 |
| Mother monastery | Villers-la-Ville monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
Grandpré Monastery (Grande Pratum) is a former Cistercian abbey in Belgium . It is located in Faulx-les-Tombes in the municipality of Gesves in the province of Namur , around 16 km southeast of Namur, on the Samson brook.
history
The monastery became in 1231, in honor of Philip II Courtenay Margrave of Namur, who died in 1226 during the Albigensian Crusade , as a subsidiary of the Villers-la-Ville monastery , which itself belonged to the affiliation of the Clairvaux primary abbey , on the site of a grangie of Villers founded. The founders were Heinrich I, Count of Vianden and Margrave of Namur and his wife Margareta von Courtenay . The first church was consecrated as early as 1232. The abbey never flourished, numbering at most 12 to 15 monks and a few conversations. Several restorations took place in the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1740 the monastery was sacked by Dutch troops. At the end of the 18th century the agricultural buildings were rebuilt. In 1796 the abbey was dissolved and sold as national property to Jean-Baptiste Paulée, a financier from Paris and Douai. The convent buildings were demolished by 1807. In 1992 and 1997 the facade and roof of the mill and an underground canal were placed under monument protection, which had already happened to the gatehouse in 1956.
Plant and buildings
Besides the gatehouse, only the agricultural buildings of the monastery have survived. The facility is open to visitors.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien , Editions Gaud, Moisenay, 2nd edition, p. 486 487, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dominique du Fays: La Maison de Vianden; des origines à 1337 , thesis in Liège 1986–1987.