Aiguebelle Abbey

Daughter monasteries

Monastery Freyssinet ( 1160 ) Monastery Féniers ( 1173 ) and seven subsidiaries were founded since 1843 '

The monastery Aiguebelle ( Notre- Dame d' Aiguebelle, Latin aqua bella ) is a 1816 by Trappists resettled former Cistercian abbey in the town of Montjoyer in the Drome, Rhone- Alpes, in France, about 18 km southeast of Montelimar in a Val Honnête - mentioned wooded valley close to the border of the Dauphiné to Provence.

History

The Convent was founded in 1137 by Gontard Loup, lord of Rochefort and colonized by the primary Abbey Mori Moon, whose filiation it also belonged. The first subsidiary company was established near Pierre Latte; However, the resulting therefrom monastery Freyssinet remained ephemeral and soon became a grange. 1173 was the daughter of founding monastery Féniers in the Auvergne. Count Raymond V of Toulouse, granted to the monastery in 1160 the duty exemption, the king Saint Louis in 1255 confirmed. Aiguebelle had the great grange Combemaure in Vivarais. In the 15th century the number of monks declined sharply. 1490 Upcoming been introduced. In the Wars of Religion in 1562, the monastery was set on fire. After 1585 restoration took place. In the French Revolution the monastery was dissolved in 1791. The restoration was carried out in 1816 a re- colonization of the ausgewichenen after Valsainte monastery in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland Trappists ( Cistercians of the Strict Observance ). From Aiguebelle made ​​from many daughter foundations, including in 1843 the monastery Staoueli in Algeria, in 1849 the monastery of Notre-Dame des Neiges, 1852 Monastery of Sainte- Marie du Désert, from which, in turn, among other things, the founding of the monastery Viaceli in Spain emanated, 1863 Monastery of Our Lady of Dombes, 1873 Acey monastery was taken over in 1876 and the monastery Bonnecombe. The monastery has, inter alia, a chocolate factory in Donzère.

Buildings and plant

The restored, exceptionally low church with 50 m length in the form of a Latin cross was erected in the late 12th century. Choir and chapels were changed later. The nave is kreuzgratgewölbt and has three bays of the nave, in the aisles - the bound system accordingly - six yokes. The transepts are einjochig with two semi-circular closed side chapels. The exam is just south of the church. The side length of the cloister is 29 m. Kreuzgratgewölbt only the corners. North Gallery and Ostgalerie are written by a slightly tapered cylindrical bin. The chapter house has six on two pillars resting on a groin vault. The two-aisled hall monk has round pillars. The simple refectory is surmounted by a slightly pointed barrel vault. The subsequent cuisine is barrel vaulted. The Konversentrakt is separated by a Konversengasse from the cloister, whose dormitory is obtained.