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Fontenay Abbey: Interior of chapter house

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Vaulted in three aisles of three bays; the easternmost bay has been demolished. Here, rib vaults were used for the first time at the site, rising from clustered piers with octagonal capitals\u000a\u000aThe Abbey of Fontenay is a former Cistercian abbey located in the commune of Marmagne, near Montbard, in the d\u00E9partement of C\u00F4te-d'Or in France. The second daughter-house of Clairvaux, it was established by St. Bernard himself in 1118. In 1130 growing numbers necessitated a move to the present site. The abbey was bought by \u00C9douard Aynard in 1905 and restored. Apart from the demolished (1745) refectory, it retains almost all of its original buildings: church, dormitory, cloister, chapter house, caldarium or 'heating room', dovecote and forge, all built in Romanesque style, with later abbot's lodgings and infirmary. Today the abbey buildings are set in modern manicured parterres of lawn and gravel. It is one of the oldest and most complete Cistercian abbeys in Europe, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.

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Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Montbard, Burgundy, France: 60 kilometres northwest of Dijon|+47.640833+4.389722|Montbard

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Romanesque

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