Lay dormitory, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube

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Lay dormitory, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube

Lay dormitory, in the lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est, France. The abbey became a prison in the 19th century under Napoleon and is listed as a historic monument. Date: 2009

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© Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library

1115 12th 1708 Abbaye Aube Belief Bernard Bourgogne Brothers Burgundy Catholicism Champagne Ardenne Cistercian Clairvaux Clara Dormitory Faith Historique Monastery Sacred Vallis Vault Vaulted Ville Sous La Ferte

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