Longpont Monastery
| Longpont Cistercian Abbey | |
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.JPG) Church in the vault |
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| location | France Picardy region Aisne department |
| Coordinates: | 49 ° 16 '21 " N , 3 ° 13' 15" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
51 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1132 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1790 |
| Mother monastery | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Monastery Longpont (Longus pons) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town of Longpont in the Aisne region Picardy , in France . It is located around 15 km southwest of Soissons , in the Savière valley and on the western edge of the Retz forest ( Forêt de Retz ), on the Roman road leading north from Meaux . The complex has been classified as a Monument historique since 1889 ( Base Mérimée PA00115789).
history
The monastery was founded in 1131 by Bernhard von Clairvaux at the request of the Bishop of Soissons , Josselin de Vierzy, on an area donated by Gérard de Chérizy, and immediately endowed with extensive endowments. It belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . Nothing has survived from the first monastery building. The church was rebuilt at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries and was consecrated in 1227 in the presence of King Louis the Holy and his mother Blanka of Castile . At this time, the monastery experienced a significant boom. It owned 11 grangies : Vivier and Beaurepaire in Longpont, Morenboef in Vierzy, Vertefeuille in Saint-Pierre-Aigle, Vauberon in Mortefontaine, la Bove in Montgobert, Luceron in Chaudun, Beauvoir in Parcy-et-Tigny, Courtablon in Ussy-sur- Marne, Tronquoy in Lesdins-en-Vermandois and Héronval in Mondescourt. In 1192 the abbey was reprimanded by the General Chapter of the Order of Building Luxury. The monks included Pierre le Chantre and Jean de Montmirail. Under King Francis I , the monastery fell into Kommende . In the French Revolution it was disbanded, sold and by 1831 the church was partially demolished. In 1804 the monastery came into the possession of the de Montesquiou family. During the First World War , the south wing of the enclosure burned down and was not renewed; only its ground floor has been preserved.
Buildings and plant
The church, 105 meters long and 28 meters high in the vaults, is the size of Soissons Cathedral , of which the surrounding walls, the western part of the central nave walls and the facade stand upright, is a complex in the French Gothic style . The facade rises 40 m, from the large rose window the tracery has been lost. The three-aisled nave has nine bays . The church had a transept and a chapel ambulatory in the choir , which among other things also set the style for the Vauclair , Ourscamp and Royaumont abbeys and was often imitated in a reduced form. The church was dominated by a ridge turret. The enclosure was rebuilt in the 18th century. From the cloister is only the south wing. The ground floor of the refectory wing , which was rebuilt in the 18th century and contains the kitchens and the calefactory from the 13th century, and the northern two thirds of the converted Konversen building with a Gothic cellar are preserved. Nothing remains of the east wing with the chapter house. The gate house from the second half of the 14th century with four turrets is also remarkable.
literature
- Anne-Pierre de Montesquiou: Longpont - le gothique cistercien. In: Dossiers d'Archéologie. No. 234, 1998, ISSN 1141-7137 , pp. 78-79.
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , pp. 366-369.
