La Garde-Dieu monastery
| La Garde-Dieu Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 FranceRegion Okzitanien Tarn-et-Garonne |
| Lies in the diocese | Cahors |
| Coordinates: | 44 ° 10 ′ 19 ″ N , 1 ° 24 ′ 54 ″ E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
313 |
| Cistercian since | 1150 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Year of repopulation | 1864 |
| Year of re-dissolution | 1874 |
| Mother monastery | Obazine Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The monastery La Garde-Dieu (Garda Dei) is a former Cistercian abbey in the municipality of Mirabel in the Tarn-et-Garonne department , Occitania region , in France , around 21 kilometers north of Montauban .
history
The monastery was founded as a subsidiary of Obazine Monastery in Essarnat, but was moved to the banks of the Petit Lembous in 1150 . It thus belonged to the filiation of the Cîteaux monastery . The monastery shelter the nuns priory of Fontmoulhes at Gourdon in the Lot , near which is grange of Saint-Martin-le-Desarmat was. The pilgrimage church of Notre-Dame-des-Misères on the height above the monastery was built by the mother monastery Obazine. In 1567 the monastery was sacked by the Huguenots . Around 1710, the Bishop of Cahors , Henri de Bricqueville de la Luzerne, had the monastery buildings rebuilt as Commendatar Abbot. During the French Revolution , the monastery came to an end in 1791. From 1864 to 1874 the monastery was again populated by Cistercians from Sénanque . It was then sold for demolition. In 1897 a fire caused great damage and in 1908 the vaults of the chapter house and the cloister were destroyed in order to sell the capitals . The monastery subsequently became a farm.
Buildings and plant
Remnants of the facility, including a pigeon house ( Monument historique since 1950), have been preserved on the farm.
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. 279.
