Saint-Jean-des-Vignes Monastery
Saint-Jean-des-Vignes is a former monastery in the French town of Soissons in the Aisne department . The complex has been classified as a Monument historique since 1875 .
history
The monastery was founded by Hugues le Blanc for Canon Regulars who lived according to the Rule of St. Augustine . 1076 there was a confirmation of the founding by Philip I . From the 13th to the 16th century, the original Romanesque architecture of the monastery was replaced by new Gothic buildings, and in 1359 the monastery was fortified during the Hundred Years War .
In the course of the French Revolution , the monastery was dissolved and the monastery grounds were converted into barracks . The buildings were also used as a quarry . The monastery church was destroyed by an explosion in the ammunition dump.
Today the two-tower facade of the former monastery church, parts of the cloister and the refectory are still preserved from the monastery complex . The site houses changing exhibitions of the city museum as well as an archaeological center.
Ruin of the two-tower facade
Cloister
Cloister
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ancienne abbaye de Saint-Jean-des-Vignes in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Web links
- Saint-Jean-des-Vignes Patrimoine de Soissons
Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 32 " N , 3 ° 19 ′ 26" E