Thursday 24 October 2013

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay, France (UNESCO)

 http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/165

This stark Burgundian monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119. With its church, cloister, refectory, sleeping quarters, bakery and ironworks, it is an excellent illustration of the ideal of self-sufficiency as practised by the earliest communities of Cistercian monks.

Sender: famalubel, Sent on: 13 Oct, 2013, Received on: 23 Oct, 2013, Travel time: 10 days

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