La Noé monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of La Noé | |
|---|---|
| location |
 FranceRegion Normandy Eure |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 59 '44 " N , 1 ° 2' 42" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
199 |
| founding year | 1144 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Jouy Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Pontigny monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The monastery La Noé (Noa) is a former Cistercian abbey in the municipality of La Bonneville-sur-Iton in the Eure department , Normandy region , in France , around 10 km east of Évreux in the Iton Valley .
history
The monastery was founded in 1144 by the Empress Mathilde of England and was occupied by monks from Jouy Monastery . She belonged to the filiation of the Primary Abbey of Pontigny . The church was built between 1170 and 1227. The monastery, which had extensive vineyards on the rivers Eure and Seine , owned the (preserved) Grangie Morand in Caugé and other grangien called Vaupéan, Jumelles, Bellemare, la Moinerie in Houlbec and la Moinerie in Ventes. The end of the monastery came with the French Revolution in 1791. The facility is used as an amusement park.
Buildings and plant
The plant was largely demolished after the revolution. Part of the south transept, a yoke of the south aisle with a Romanesque portal that led to the cloister , and the connection between the south aisle and the south transept, part of the guest wing and parts of the monastery wall have been 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. 326.