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| The Abbey of Fontenay is a former Cistercian abbey located in the commune of Marmagne, near Montbard, in the dxc3xa9partement of Cxc3xb4te-d'Or in France. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 1.1 Foundation of the order 1.2 History of the abbey 2 Architecture 2.1 Background 2.2 Buildings 3 Gallery 4 References 5 External links | WIKI |
| In the late 11th century during the heyday of the great church of Cluny III (a magnificent Benedictine monastery in Cluny, France), although Cluny had numerous followers, Saint Robert of Molesme, the subsequent founder of Cxc3xaeteaux Abbey,[1] led a strong reaction against it. | WIKI |
| However, Bernard felt that Cxc3xaeteaux Abbey was not austere enough and did not completely reflect the Rule of Saint Benedict. | WIKI |
| History of the abbey[edit] | WIKI |
| The Cistercian monks moved to Fontenay Abbey in 1130. | WIKI |
| In 1259, the devout King Louis exempted the Abbey of Fontenay from all taxes, and being in the Kingxe2x80x99s good graces, ten years later the abbey became a royal abbey. | WIKI |
| With the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789 all of the monks successively left the abbey due to dechristianisation during the revolution and in 1791, the site was turned into a paper mill, run by the Montgolfier brothers. | WIKI |
| In 1906 Edouard Aynard, an art-loving banker from Lyon, bought the abbey and commenced its restoration which was complete by 1911. | WIKI |
| Edouard's descendants continued to work on the abbey and it remains in the Aynard family to this day. | WIKI |
| In 1981 the abbey became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. | WIKI |
| All Cistercian churches have the same model and are similar to one another; for example, Graiguenamanagh Abbey's church, built in Ireland in 1204, has a floor plan closely resembling that of Fontenay. | WIKI |
| The Abbey was primarily constructed using stones from local areas. | WIKI |
| [4] The church of the abbey is of typical Cistercian architecture, built in the Romanesque style. | WIKI |
| In contrast to earlier churches, the church of the abbey has a flattened apse and two rectangular (instead of semicircular) chapels of each side of the transept. | WIKI |
| Except for the demolished refectory, the abbey retains almost all of its original buildings: church, dormitory, cloister, chapter house, caldarium or "warming room", dovecote and forge, all built in Romanesque style. | WIKI |
| Today the abbey buildings are set in modern manicured parterres of lawn and gravel. | WIKI |
| Fontenay Abbey - urn (35712327791) | WIKI |
| Although there are no flowers in the capitals, no decorative motifs and no images anywhere, the abbey is still an outstanding artwork. | WIKI |
| There is no bell tower in the abbey, because Bernard of Clairvaux felt this would take away from the austerity. | WIKI |
| The abbey churchThe cloisterThe dormitoryThe forge | WIKI |
| Within its enclosing wall, the Abbey still retains other communal buildings: monksxe2x80x99 day room and dormitory, warming room, refectory, guest house, bakery and iron works. | UNESCO |