Le Val monastery
| Cistercian Abbey Le Val | |
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| location | France region Île-de-France Val-d'Oise department |
| Coordinates: | 49 ° 4 '43 " N , 2 ° 13' 35" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
104 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1125 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | La Cour-Dieu monastery |
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The Val Abbey (Notre-Dame du Val; Vallis Sanctae Mariae) is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Mériel in the department of Val-d'Oise region Ile-de-France in France . It is about five kilometers south of L'Isle-Adam and 30 kilometers north of Paris .
history
The monastery was founded as the first Cistercian foundation in the Île-de-France in 1125 in Vieux-Moutier and was occupied by monks from the monastery La Cour-Dieu from the filiation of the Cîteaux monastery . In 1136, under the rule of L'Isle-Adam Ansel I, it was relocated to the later location, the donation of which was confirmed by King Louis VII . The landlords of the area soon made ample donations. The abbey established the Bonport monastery in Upper Normandy as a subsidiary . The monastery served as a burial place for the lords of L'Isle-Adam and repeatedly as a residence for the French kings, including Philip VI. and Charles V. The monastery owned around 2000 hectares of land in the Parisis and Vexin français , including the grangien of Noues, Fayel, Saint-Leu, Montmorency and Valdampierre as well as of Champignolle, Pontavenne, Beauvoir and Coudray. In Pontoise , the monastery owned a town house.
The Hundred Years War led to its decline, but the monastery was rebuilt after its end. In 1509 the monastery fell in Kommende . The first Commendatar Abbot, Charles de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, restored the monastic discipline and the buildings. However, the discipline lapsed after his death in 1535. Under King Heinrich III. the abbey was placed under Sequester and handed over to the Congregation of Feuillanten . In the 17th century the monastery sank into a priory , and in 1768 only eight monks lived there. The French Revolution led to the dissolution of the monastery and the sale of the buildings, which have since been privately owned. In 1791 the last monk left the monastery. The church was demolished in 1822 and the convent buildings were sold to a building contractor in 1845, who had them demolished for the construction of the Batignolles district in Paris. The abbot house from the 15th century and three wings of the cloister were demolished. Maintenance work has taken place since 1886.
Buildings and plant
The Konversenhaus and - albeit without a roof - the 50 m long monk's building from the early 13th century with a six-bay chapter house, sacristy, parlatorium and two-aisled monk's hall (scriptorium), all with groin vaults, and the dormitory on the upper floor, as well as a 1725, have been preserved in ruinous condition restored cloister gallery and remains of the church.
literature
- Serge Foucher: Le Val - près de l'Oise. In: Dossiers d'Archéologie. No. 234, 1998, ISSN 1141-7137 , pp. 128-129, with further references.
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 187.
