Fontaine-Guérard Cistercian Abbey
The Cistercian abbey Fontaine-Guérard was from 1135 to 1189 a priory of Benedictine , then to 1790 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Radepont in the Eure in France .
history
The Benedictine convent, which has existed southeast of Rouen on the River Andelle since 1135, was placed on broader economic ground in 1189 by a Robert von Leicester foundation and joined the Cistercian order in 1207 . After completion of the Gothic buildings, the priory was elevated to an abbey in 1253 and dissolved by the French Revolution in 1790 . The beauty of the ruins that still remain today (especially the church and chapter house , a listed building since 1937) is widely praised. The place is looked after by the association “Esprit de Fontaine-Guérard” and is a member of the European Charter of Cistercian Abbeys and Places .
literature
- E. Chevallier: L'Abbaye de Fontaine-Guérard. In: Annuaire de Normandie 76, 1909, 194-201.
- Léon Fallue (1795–1868): Histoire du château de Radepont et de l'abbaye de Fontaine-Guérard . Rouen 1851. 107 pages.
Manual literature
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 1173.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 260–261.
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe. Map collection , Lukas Verlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , sheet 53 C.
- Cistercian Sites in Europe . Antwerp 2012, p. 63.
Web links
- Restes de l'abbaye de Fontaine-Guerard in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Mentioned in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- Entry on the Certosa di Firenze website, with localization
- Page in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
- Website of the abbey, French
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- Entry in the European Charter of Cistercian Abbeys and Places
- Entry in the French National Library
Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ′ 0.8 ″ N , 1 ° 18 ′ 34.8 ″ E