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| Cistercian Abbey of FontenayUNESCO World Heritage SiteLocationMarmagne, Cxc3xb4te-d'Or, FranceCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(iv)Reference165bisInscription1981 (5th session)Extensions2007Area5.77xc2xa0ha (14.3 acres)Bufferxc2xa0zone1,397xc2xa0ha (3,450 acres)Websitewww.abbayedefontenay.com/fr/Coordinates47xc2xb038xe2x80xb222.0xe2x80xb3N 4xc2xb023xe2x80xb220.8xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf47.639444xc2xb0N 4.389111xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 47.639444; 4.389111Coordinates: 47xc2xb038xe2x80xb222.0xe2x80xb3N 4xc2xb023xe2x80xb220.8xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf47.639444xc2xb0N 4.389111xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 47.639444; 4.389111Location of Abbey of Fontenay in France | WIKI |
| 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 |
| It is one of the oldest and most complete Cistercian abbeys in Europe, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. | WIKI |
| The Abbey of Fontenay, along with other Cistercian abbeys, forms a connecting link between Romanesque and Gothic architectures. | WIKI |
| Cistercian monasteries were independent. | WIKI |
| They differed from Cluny in that all houses were under the direct control of the abbot, and each Cistercian monastery needed to take care of its own. | WIKI |
| The Cistercian monks moved to Fontenay Abbey in 1130. | 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 |
| [3] The spirit of Cistercian architecture is simple, conservative, and utilitarian. | WIKI |
| Cistercian monastery churches feature Romanesque architecture, including symmetrical plan, massive walls, sturdy piers, groin vaults, round arches, and a tall central nave. | WIKI |
| In medieval Europe, the Cistercian ethic of manual labor work became "the main force of technological diffusion" in many fields, including metallurgy. | WIKI |
| [4] The church of the abbey is of typical Cistercian architecture, built in the Romanesque style. | WIKI |
| This World Heritage Site has retained the greater part of its Romanesque and Early Gothic monastic buildings, giving uniquely intact picture of a Cistercian monastery of the 12th century. | WIKI |
| Brief synthesisLocated in the Bourgogne Franche-Comtxc3xa9 region in the Cxc3xb4te-dxe2x80x99Or Department in the commune of Marmagne, the Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay was founded in 1119 by St Bernard in a marshy valley of Bourgogne. | UNESCO |
| With its austere architecture, church, cloister, refectory, sleeping quarters, bakery and its ironworks, it illustrates the ideal of self-sufficiency as practised by the earliest communities of Cistercian monks. | UNESCO |
| Built between 1139 and 1147 by Abbot Guillaume thanks to the generosity of Ebraud, Bishop of Norwich, the Abbey of Fontenay was consecrated by Pope Eugenexc2xa0III, a Cistercian and former disciple of Stxc2xa0Bernard. | UNESCO |
| This form of Romanesque Cistercian church is of great simplicity and strict modesty with its basilic design in the form of a Latin cross, its blind nave, and transept devoid of a tower. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): the austere architecture of the Cistercian monks represents the physical form of the moral and aesthetic ideals which flourished at various times in the history of western Christian religious communities. | UNESCO |
| Thus, the Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay, agricultural and industrial centre, workplace and place of worship for small groups living in self-sufficiency, illustrates a significant historical movement of universal value. | UNESCO |
| The Abbey of Fontenay and its site illustrates in an exemplary manner the Cistercian establishments. | UNESCO |
| Built in a remote location but near to a water source and agricultural land, and proscribing all decor but using a scholarly architecture on a monumental scale, presenting stark spaces adapted to the rigorous life according to monastic rule, but also specialised functional areas of great technical sophistication, the Cistercian abbeys form a family apart in western monastical architecture. | UNESCO |
| Despite transformations undertaken in the 13th, 15th and 16th centuries, and the ruins accumulated in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay, restored after 1906, stands today as a largely authentic and well-preserved ensemble. | UNESCO |