Mazan Monastery
| Mazan Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Mazan Monastery ruins |
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| location |
 Franceregion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ardeche department |
| Coordinates: | 44 ° 43 '44.7 " N , 4 ° 5' 19" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
15th |
| founding year | 1119 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Bonnevaux Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
Sylvanès Monastery (1136) |
The Mazan Monastery (Mansiada) is a former Cistercian abbey in France .
location
The facility is located in the town of Mazan-l'Abbaye in Vivarais , department Ardèche region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes , 42 kilometers northwest of Aubenas .
history
The monastery was founded in 1119 as the first daughter monastery of the Bonnevaux monastery in Dauphiné (in today's Isère department ), the sixth daughter monastery of Cîteaux monastery . It was the mother monastery of Kloster Sylvanès , Kloster Le Thoronet , Bonneval Abbey , Abbey Sénanque and Abbey Bonlieu (Loire) . The monastery of Porquerolles (also: Castelas ), which was originally founded by Augustinian choirs, goes back to Mazan. The monastery had up to 23 grangs . In 1768 there were still 11 monks. During the French Revolution it was dissolved in 1791, then plundered and the buildings quickly fell into disrepair. The church was initially used as a parish church, but it turned out to be too big and a cemetery was created in the cloister. In 1843, a smaller parish church was built using the surrounding wall. Although the monastery church was classified as a monument historique in 1847 , it was still used as a quarry; In 1923 the vaults collapsed. Securing work has been carried out since 1966.
Buildings and plant
Parts of the west wing of the cloister, which was restored in the 14th and 15th centuries, still stand from the enclosure. Large parts of the outer walls of the church from around 1140 to 1150 with three semicircular apses and a narrow transept as well as a three-aisled nave with four square bays in the central nave still stand. The facade had a large rose window .
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 430.