Santa Maria di Real Valle monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria di Real Valle | |
|---|---|
| location |
 ItalyRegion of Campania Province of Salerno |
| Coordinates: | 40 ° 45 '49 " N , 14 ° 32' 48" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
678 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1270 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
before 1800 |
| Mother monastery | Royaumont Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Santa Maria di Real Valle (Regalis Vallis) Monastery was a Cistercian abbey in Campania , Italy . The abbey was in the municipality of San Pietro in the municipality of Scafati in what is now the province of Salerno, not far from Pompei .
history
The monastery was donated around 1270 by Charles I of Anjou to commemorate the victory over the Hohenstaufen Manfred in 1268 at Benevento for monks called from France. Besides the monastery of Santa Maria della Vittoria , it was the second monastery built by Charles I in memory of his victories. In 1277, the from the father of Charles I, King Ludwig IX. , founded Monastery Royaumont , the founding convent sent the monastery, which thus belonged to the filiation of Monastery Cîteaux . The monastery was richly endowed by Charles I. Soon after it was founded, the monastery of Santa Maria della Vittoria is said to have been subordinated . In 1344 the monastery had to give up possessions in Naples . Tradition has it that the monastery was destroyed when the Aragonese expelled the French from Naples. Then it was rebuilt on a smaller scale. In the following period it fell into the future , but in 1623 it joined the Roman Cistercian Congregation, which later united with the Tuscan province, but separated again in 1761. In 1765 the monastery was assigned to the Calabrian-Lucan congregation. It was received a little later. Since the end of the 19th century it has housed a branch of the Alcantariner sisters from Castellammare di Stabia .
Plant and buildings
The right wall of the nave with leaf capitals and the foundations of the cloister have survived from the medieval complex, the other buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The new church has a single nave.
literature
- Balduino Gustavo Bedini, Breve prospetto delle Abazie Cistercensi d'Italia , o. O. (Casamari), 1964, pp. 168–169, without ISBN.