Abbaye Notre-Dame de Senanque - Gordes, France - Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries on Waymarking.com

[FR] Enserrée dans le creux de son vallon, l'Abbaye de Sénanque demeure l'un des plus purs témoins de l'architecture cistercienne primitive. Elle est toujours habitée par une communauté de moines cisterciens.

Fondée en 1148, l'Abbaye de Sénanque est avec les abbayes de Silvacane et de Thoronet, le pur témoin du rayonnement de l'ordre cistercien en Provence.
L'austérité inspire les conceptions artistiques de l'ordre : les bâtiments sont dépouillés de toute ornementation qui détournerait les moines de l'essentiel : vitraux colorés, statues, peintures ou tympans sculptés sont bannis.

L'Abbaye de Sénanque appartient à la Congrégation Cistercienne de l'Immaculée Conception.
Ce sont les droits d'entrée et le produit du magasin et de la librairie qui permettent d'en assumer le financement. Le travail des moines, la culture de la lavande et production de miel contribue à la subsistance de la communauté.

[ENG] Enclosed in the hollow of its small valley, the Abbey of Sénanque remains one of the purest witnesses of primitive cistercian architecture. She is always inhabited by a community of monks cistercians.

Founded in 1148, the Abbey of Sénanque is with the abbeys of Silvacane and Thoronet, the pure witness of the radiation of the cistercian order in Provence. The austerity inspires the artistic designs of the order: the buildings are stripped of any ornamentation which would divert the monks: coloured stained glasses, carved statues, paintings or tympanums are banished.

The Abbey of Sénanque belongs to the Cistercian Congregation of the Immaculate Conception. Fee access, products of the store and the bookshop make it possible to assume the financing of it. The work of the monks, the culture of the lavender and production of honey contributes to the subsistence of the community.

Full name of the abbey/monastery/convent: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Senanque Address: / Gordes, Vaucluse France 84220 Religious affiliation: Catholique / Catholic Date founded/constructed: 1148 Web Site: [Web Link] Status of Use: Acitvely Used

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