Marcilly Monastery
| Marcilly Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 The hamlet of Marcilly - Abbot's House in the right half of the picture |
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| location |
 FranceRegion Bourgogne Franche-Comté department Yonne |
| Coordinates: | 47 ° 32 '31 " N , 3 ° 56' 20" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
730 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1239 nuns; 1460 monks |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Fontenay Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Marcilly Monastery (Marciliacum) is a former Cistercian abbey in the municipality of Provency in the Yonne department , Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region , in France , around nine kilometers north of Avallon .
history
Buret de Prey, Lord of Marcilly, and his wife Marie d'Anglure founded the Cistercian nuns' abbey Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos in 1239, which became a pilgrimage destination for the area. The monastery community dissolved around 1460 and it was followed by monks who came from Fontenay Monastery , a daughter monastery of Clairvaux . The monastery suffered damage in the Hundred Years War and the Wars of Religion. It came to an end in the French Revolution .
Buildings and plant
The church was demolished after 1790. The abbot's house has been preserved, which after reconstruction resembles a castle from the 15th century. The vaulted refectory has also been preserved in it. The pigeon house and the fountain are still in the park.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien , Editions Gaud, Moisenay, p. 68, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 .