Le Breuil-Benoît Abbey

Daughter monasteries

Monastery of La Trappe

The monastery of Le Breuil -Benoît ( Brolium St. Benedict ) is a former Cistercian abbey and in France. It was in the community Marcilly -sur -Eure in Eure, Haute-Normandie region, about 10 km west of Lima, on the left bank of the river Eure.

History

The donated in 1137 by Fulk, Lord of Marcilly, and his son Guillaume on the basis of a vow in the Holy Land and occupied by monks from the monastery Vaux -de- Cernay monastery belonged to the Congregation of Savigny. This was followed, after the founding of the monastery of La Trappe had gone out from him in 1140, with that in 1147 the Cistercian order and assumed the filiation of Clairvaux Abbey Primary. In 1421 the troops of King Henry V of England occupied the monastery, set the church on fire, plundered the convent building and killed the monks. 1762 was one of the fallen in Upcoming monastery and reduced to two monks. In the French Revolution, the abbey was dissolved in 1790 and partially aborted. Since 1993 she has been classified as a monument historique.

Buildings and plant

From the Set in a park are the 1855 restored, towering, three-aisled groined vault Gothic nave to six yokes of the built 1190-1224 Church with its western façade with three lancet windows, two oculi and a double gate, the west wall of the transept with originally three square get Jochen and a half dealing circularly arranged five chapels. Since 1995 is a restoration in progress. The church is the only one still standing upright Cistercian church in Normandy. As a house converted the abbot's house from around 1550 is further obtained. The remaining buildings are largely disappeared.