Cistercian Abbey of La Vassin

The Cistercian abbey of La Vassin (also: Lavaysse ) was a French monastery of the Cistercian sisters in Saint-Donat , a municipality in the Puy-de-Dôme department , from around 1150 to 1792 .

history

Bertrand de La Tour d'Auvergne donated the Vallis Sana ("Healthy Valley") nunnery , later La Vassin or Lavaysse (also: La Veissy ) , around 1150 on the Tarentaine River , 10 kilometers southwest of Saint-Donat, on the border with the Cantal department which was elevated to a royal abbey in 1516 , but was dissolved by the French Revolution in 1792 and was subsequently completely destroyed. Today only the name La Vassin reminds of the monastery.

literature

• Elie Jaloustre (1846–1915): Etude historique sur l'abbaye royale de La Vassin près la Tour d'Auvergne . In: Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Clermont-Ferrand 1878, pp. 151–262 (list of abbesses, p. 260).
• Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 2. Protat, Mâcon 1939-1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 3300 (Vassin, La).
• Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 57 (Vassin, La; Lavaysse. P. 1136: Lavaysse; La Vassin).

Web links

• Mention of “Vassin, la” in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
• "Vassin, la" entry on the Certosa di Firenze website with localization
• Lavaysse page in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier
• Mention of the abbey on the Saint-Donat parish website, in French

Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 22.5 "  N , 2 ° 40 ′ 34.6"  E