Le Pin Monastery
| Le Pin Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Ruin of the monastery church |
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| location |
 France,Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Vienne department |
| Coordinates: | 46 ° 34 '7 " N , 0 ° 10' 42" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
158 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1120 by Benedictines |
| Cistercian since | 1141 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Pontigny monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Pontigny monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Monastery Le Pin ( lat . Sancta Maria de Pinu ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town Béruges in the department Vienne region Nouvelle-Aquitaine in France . The monastery is located around 16 km west of Poitiers .
history
The monastery was founded by Géraud de Salles in 1120 in the Boivre Valley as a Benedictine monastery . It joined the Cistercian order as early as 1141 in the filiation of the Pontigny Primary Abbey (according to other sources, not until 1162, like most of the monasteries founded by Géraud de Salles). Around 1180, the abbot Pierre Million financed the expansion of the monastery, which subsequently received various monopolies. In the 13th century, the residents of Berouges were forced to mill at the monastery mill. In the Hundred Years' War it was damaged and in 1569 it was burned down, but in 1649 (or 1646) almost completely rebuilt. In the 16th century, Jean de Médicis, who later became Pope Leo X , was Commendatarabbot . It was disbanded in the French Revolution in 1791. Since 1942, the complex, which is now a holiday colony, has been owned by the parish of Sainte-Geneviève in Asnières-sur-Seine .
Buildings and plant
The three-bay nave of the church, built around 1200 with a pointed portal, has been preserved in a ruinous condition (the roof, which was built as a wooden barrel in the 17th century after a vault collapsed after the large west window had broken through, collapsed in 1952). The transept and choir disappeared in the 17th century. The vestibule is also no longer there. The partially preserved enclosure is north of the church. The complex still has large vaulted cellars.
Individual evidence
- ↑ This information can be found in the French Wikipedia
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , pp. 398-399.