France
Brantôme Abbey (5th century–769): Born as Caves Cut into the Rock, Today It Holds the Oldest Bell Tower in France
Il sito fu abitato già nel V secolo da monaci che scavarono rifugi trogloditi lungo le rive della…
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France
Cerisy-la-Forêt Abbey (510–1032): from the Monastery Destroyed by the Vikings to the Three-Storey Apse That Served as a Model for English Churches
Fondato intorno al 510 da San Vigor, primo vescovo di Bayeux, il monastero fu distrutto durante le invasioni…
France
Chaalis Abbey (1137): Founded by a King in Memory of His Murdered Cousin, Today a Museum with 6,000 Works of Art
Luigi VI di Francia, detto il Grosso, fondò l'abbazia nel 1137 in memoria del cugino Carlo il Buono,…
France
Charroux Abbey (785): a Relic So Awkward That Since 1900 the Church Has Forbidden Talking About It
Secondo la tradizione, Carlo Magno donò ai monaci di Charroux una reliquia straordinariamente delicata, ricevuta durante il suo…
Emilia-Romagna
Chiaravalle della Colomba Abbey (1136): the Dove That, Legend Says, Gathered Straws to Mark Where to Build the Church
Secondo la tradizione, mentre i primi dodici monaci cercavano il luogo dove edificare la nuova abbazia, una colomba…
France
Cîteaux Abbey (1098): the Mother House from Which the Whole Cistercian Order Was Born, Founded by 21 Monks in a Marsh
Il 21 marzo 1098, festa di San Benedetto, Roberto di Molesme e ventuno compagni fondarono in una zona…
France
Clairvaux Abbey (1115–2023): from Saint Bernard’s Own Abbey to the Maximum-Security Prison Closed Only in 2023
Fondata nel 1115 da Bernardo di Chiaravalle, l'abbazia raggiunse i 700 monaci, la più grande comunità cistercense di…
Ireland
Cong Abbey (1138): where Ireland’s last High King retired for fifteen years, and a masterpiece of Irish goldsmithing was born
Nel 1198, Rory O'Connor — l'ultimo Grande Re d'Irlanda — abdicò al trono e si ritirò a Cong…
France
Conques Abbey (8th century): the Monk Who Feigned Loyalty for Ten Years in Order to Steal the Relics of Saint Faith
Nell'866, dopo più tentativi falliti, i monaci di Conques riuscirono infine a impossessarsi del cranio di Santa Fede,…
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