Which is kind of true as the TGV between Djion and Paris stops there a few times a day. Son abbé jouit d'un rôle de médiateur entre les pouvoirs politiques et le pape. After the Historic Monument classification of 1862, the abbey must wait until 1906 to be restored. I arrived around 10.30, at the same time as two buses with German tourists. Explanations are given only in French, so when that's not your first language you have to listen in very closely. Official Website. Later, its fortunes declined, and the refectory was demolished by the monks in 1745. Alternatively, there also (slower) regional trains that connect you to both Dijon and Paris. Guillaume le Pieux fonde l'abbaye en 910, directement placée sous la protection de Rome. By diverting the river of Fontenay, water wheels were able to power the hydraulic hammers that would beat the iron.

The Cistercians broke away from the mainstream Benedictines because they felt that the Benedictine monks had become too worldly and devoted too little time to manual labor. One of the nicest spots is inside the Abbey Church, where a floor covered with enamelled tiles, the old altarpiece and sarcophagi of a Burgundian knight and his wife fight for attention.The interior of the buildings is very austere. We wish you a very good visit . The architecture is simply and modest and places ashlars side by side with crude rough-cut rubble. 31T E 604365 N 5277192. Cluny est la maison mère de 1 400 dépendances. The Montgolfier brothers bought the abbey around 1820 and began the construction of several industrial buildings. The cloister and austere chapel are in great condition considering that they are over 1000 years old! Die Abtei Fontenay ist ein im Jahre 1118 von Bernhard von Clairvaux gegründetes Zisterzienserkloster in Frankreich, das seit 1981 zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe gehört. Lokaler Name Abbaye cistercienne de Fontenay …

As is customary for Cistercian abbeys, it's located along a river valley and you will recognize the usual structures with refractory, chapel and fish ponds. Located in a small forested valley 60 kilometres northwest of Dijon, it achieved great prosperity in the 12th and 13th centuries. ATTENTION : The following is a list of Cistercian monasteries in France, including current and former Cistercian abbeys, and a few priories, on the current territory of France, for both monks and nuns.. Construite à la fin du XIIe siècle dans l'arrière pays du massif des Maures dans le Var, l'Abbaye Cistercienne du Thoronet est l'une des « trois sœurs provençales » (avec les Abbayes de Sénanque et Silvacane). 2:27. What is missing, are any interior decorations. Les siècles qui suivent sont difficiles pour l’abbaye, qui fut pillée au milieu du 14e siècle par les Anglais, ensuite au milieu du 15e siècle, et puis saccagée vers 1557 pendant les Guerres de Religion. Special events (candle visits, extended evening hours) will be announced on this web site.For the remainder of the year, the Abbey is open every day from 10am to 12noon and 2pm to 5pm. Du lundi au vendredi : 8h-12h /13h15-17h. Problem is that the best footpath is not on google maps or signposted, so I had to walk along a busy road for a while. In the year 2015 this still is an off-the-beaten track location, though the Abbey receives over 100,000 visitors a year. Le monastère est complété à la fin du 12e siècle et porte le titre d’Abbaye Royale depuis 1269. L’abbaye de Fontenay, qui fut fondée en 1118 par les disciples de Saint-Bernard, était la deuxième fille de Clairvaux.

Les moines ont patiemment drainé et aménagé cet ancien marécage pour le rendre habitable et en utiliser les ressources, forêts et aménagements hydrauliques, pour le développement de l’Abbaye. The Abbey lies a few km from the town of Montbard, which has a train station. In between showers of rain I moved from abbey church to cloiser to dormitories to kitchen and workshop, all of which lacked decoration and seemed most austere.In our trip to France we have visited the Cistercian abbey of Fontenay, founded by St. Bernard in 1119 and built in the small valley of the Engrevies. Ces bâtiments de style roman ont traversés les siècles et offrent maintenant aux visiteurs un très bel aperçu de la vie religieuse au Moyen-âge.