Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The concept of the abbey has developed over many centuries from the early monastic ways of religious men and women where they would live isolated from the lay community about them. Religious life in an abbey may be monastic.

The Abbey of Fontenay is a former Cistercian abbey located in the commune of Marmagne, near Montbard, in the département of Côte-d'Or in France. It was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118, and built in the Romanesque style.

Fontenay Abbey in Burgundy was founded in 1118 by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a leading French saint, and is the oldest preserved Cistercian abbey in the world. Recognized as French historic monument in 1862, it was declared World Heritage by Unesco in 1981.

Nov 12, 2024 · Abbaye cistercienne de Fontenay fondée par St Bernard au XIIe siècle, Patrimoine Mondial. Site de Bourgogne très visité, avec Vézelay et Beaune.

The meaning of ABBAYE is archaic variant of abbey.

Sénanque Abbey (Occitan: abadiá de Senhanca, French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque) is a Cistercian abbey near the village of Gordes in the département of the Vaucluse in Provence, France.

Apr 27, 2019 · Abbaye. L’abbaye est monastère placé sous l’autorité d’un abbé ou d’une abbesse. Abbé vient de l’araméen abba, « père » (repris en grec et en latin). L’abbé est le père symbolique de la communauté. Le terme abbé désigne …

Une abbaye (/a.be.i/, du latin : abbatia) est un monastère de moines ou moniales souvent catholiques, mais pas seulement, il existe des abbayes luthériennes par exemple.

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Abbaye cistercienne de Fontenay fondée par St Bernard au XIIe siècle, Patrimoine Mondial. Site de Bourgogne très visité, avec Vézelay et Beaune.