Peyrouse Monastery

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Peyrouse Cistercian Abbey
location FranceFrance France
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Dordogne
Coordinates: 45 ° 28 '54 "  N , 0 ° 51' 43"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 28 '54 "  N , 0 ° 51' 43"  E
Serial number
according to Janauschek 		343
founding year 1153
Year of dissolution /
annulment 		1793
Mother monastery Clairvaux Monastery
Primary Abbey Clairvaux Monastery

Daughter monasteries

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The Monastery of Peyrouse (Petrosa; Peïro rousso) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Saint-Saud-Lacoussière in the Dordogne department , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , in France . The monastery is located around 20 km east of Nontron on the Queue-d'Âne stream , a right tributary of the Côle .

history

The convent was built in 1153 near an "old Abbey" (the present hamlet of Vieille Abbaye founded) and in 1147 as a daughter house of Branch Clairvaux consecrated. It is said to have been the last one that Bernhard von Clairvaux had an influence on before his death. At first it prospered, but soon got into an existential crisis. In 1559 it was sacked by the troops of Admiral Coligny , and the church and convent building suffered severe damage. Under Louis XV. the monastery was rebuilt. For years, the monks had a monopoly on the trade in the manganese ore found in the area . In 1793 the number of monks had dropped to three. During the French Revolution , the monastery fell into disrepair and was sold as a national property. At the end of the 19th century, the buildings were destroyed by fire and then abandoned. The ruins were subsequently demolished.

Buildings and plant

The Château de Beynac with parts of the former cloister that were built as a gallery.

Parts of the cloister ended up in the Château de Beynac in the municipality of Saint-Saud-Lacoussière.

literature

  • N. Buisson: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Peyrouse. In: Bulletin de la Société Historique et Archéologique du Périgord. Vol. 113, 1986, ISSN  1141-135X , pp. 309-323.
  • Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 24.

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