La Cour-Dieu Abbey

Daughter monasteries

Monastery Lorroy ( 1125 ) Monastery Le Val ( 1125 ) Monastery Olivet ( 1145 ) Monastery Iranzu ( 1178 ) Monastery Cercanceaux ( 1181 )

The Monastery of La Cour- Dieu ( Curia Dei ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town of Ingrannes in the Loiret, Centre, France. It was about 19 ​​km south of Argeles.

History

The sixth daughter convent of the monastery of Citeaux was founded in 1119 on a site in the middle of the forest of Orléans ( Forêt d' Orléans ) founded quickly developed and founded the subsidiary monasteries Lorroy ( 1125 ), Le Val ( 1136 ), Olivet ( 1145 ), Iranzu in Navarra ( 1178 ) and Cercanceaux ( 1181 ). It had many Gran Gien, including that of Chérupeau in Tigny. The construction of the church was begun in 1170 and was completed in 1216. It was 1562 and in 1567 besieged by the Protestants and dissolved in the French Revolution in 1791 and abandoned.

Buildings and plant

The Gothic church was in ruins after the revolution. Get 're a part of the very simple held, by a five-sided stair tower from the 15th century flanked west facade and the north transept. The Abtsgebäude is now a residential house. From the cloistered buildings have also used as living space, received the chapter house and the kitchen with a central fireplace from the 13th century. From the cloister no longer exists. The choir of the church of Agde carries the choir stalls of La Cour- Dieu.