Cistercian Abbey of Gémenos

The Cistercian Abbey of Gémenos (also: Saint-Pons de Gémenos ) was a French monastery of the Cistercian women in Gémenos , Bouches-du-Rhône department , from 1205 to 1407 .

history

The Bishop of Marseille founded the Cistercian monastery of Saint-Pons (after Pontius von Cimiez ) in Gémenos in 1205, which rose to the abbey in 1223 and founded three daughter monasteries: 1221 Almanarre Monastery , 1235 Mollégès Monastery and 1242 Mont-Sion Monastery . In 1407 the monastery was integrated into the daughter of Almanarre and - apparently as too humid - finally abandoned in 1426. The remains, which have been listed since 1926, are now accessible in a park landscape (Parc de Saint-Pons) .

literature

• Laurent Dailliez: Abbayes de Provence 5. Saint-Pons de Gémenos . Nice: Presses universitaires de Nice et de Corse, 1978 (31 pages).
• Wolf-Heinrich Kulke: Cistercian architecture of the 13th century in southern France. The women's convents of Saint-Pons and Vignogoul between religious tradition and the representation of founders . Munich [u. a.]: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006.
• Philippe Méry: Abbayes, prieurés et couvents de France . Editions du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2013, p. 499.
• Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 322–323.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Pons de Gémenos Cistercian Abbey  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Page «Gémenos, St. Pons de» in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensia, with photos
• Side of the monastery, French, with picture (French National Library)
• Private side to the monastery, illustrated

Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′ 29.8 "  N , 5 ° 39 ′ 43.6"  E