Le Valasse Monastery
| Le Valasse Cistercian Abbey | |
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.jpg) Le Valasse Abbey |
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| location |
 FranceRegion Normandie Seine-Maritime |
| Coordinates: | 49 ° 32 ′ 14 " N , 0 ° 30 ′ 20" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
355 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1157 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Mortemer Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Monastery Le Valasse (Notre-Dame du Valasse, lat . Valassia ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town of Gruchet-le-Valasse in the Seine-Maritime region Normandy , in France , about four kilometers south of Bolbec towards Lillebonne .
history
The monastery was founded in 1157 by the Empress Mathilde of England and Count Waleran von Meulan, whose father had been Governor of England, and was manned by monks from Mortemer Monastery . So it belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The construction of the monastery was completed in 1218. The abbey owned a town house in Rouen , two main grangia in Petit-Beauvais and Fongueusemare, and navigation rights on the Seine. During the Hundred Years' War and again in 1562 during the Huguenot Wars , the monastery was destroyed. It was disbanded in 1791 during the French Revolution .
Buildings and plant
From the 12th century the east wing of the enclosure contains the Romanesque chapter house , in the west parts of the Konversentrakt , while the north wing was built in the 16th century under Abbot Pierre Boutren, the last regular abbot before the monastery fell into Kommende . The late Gothic church, which was built on the foundations of the Romanesque predecessor church at the same time, was completely demolished by 1810. In the middle of the 18th century, the monastery was largely rebuilt. The thirteen- axis main building with a central risalit with a triangular gable adorned with coats of arms is flanked by two lower side wings. Since 1943 the abbey has been registered in the supplementary directory as a Monument historique . It has been used culturally since 1985. In 2008 an amusement park was also set up.
literature
- Alain Avenel, Jean-Marie Cahagne, Éric Follain and others: Le Valasse. Une abbaye cistercienne en Pays de Caux. Éditions des Falaises, Rouen 2008, ISBN 978-2-84811-072-1 .
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , pp. 331-333.