Fontenay Abbey

Fontenay Abbey

Also known as Abbaye de Fontenay

Year

1147

Type

building

Saint Bernard founded Fontenay in a marshy Burgundian valley in 1119, and the Cistercian community built the abbey church between 1139 and 1147 under Abbot Guillaume. The result is one of the oldest and most complete surviving Cistercian ab …

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