Longpont Abbey

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The monastery Longpont ( Longus pons ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the town of Longpont in the department of Aisne, Picardie region in France. It is located about 15 km southwest of Soissons, in the valley of Savière and on the western edge of the Forest of Retz ( Retz ), on the Roman road leading from Meaux to the north.

History

The monastery was founded in 1131 by Bernard of Clairvaux at the request of the Bishop of Soissons, Josselin de Vierzy, on a donated by Gérard de Chérizy terrain, and once equipped with extensive foundation property. It belonged to the filiation of Clairvaux Abbey Primary. From the first monastery nothing is coming. The church was probably rebuilt already at the turn of the 12th to the 13th century and dedicated to the saint and his mother Blanche of Castile in the presence of King Louis in 1227. At this time the monastery experienced a significant period of prosperity. It had 11 Gran Gien: Vivier and Beaurepaire in Longpont, Morenboef in Vierzy, Vertefeuille in Saint -Pierre- Aigle, Vauberon in Morte Fontaine, la Bove in Montgobert, Luceron in Chaudun, Beauvoir in Parcy -et- Tigny, Courtablon in ussy -sur- Marne, Tronquoy in Lesdins -en- Vermandois and Héronval in Mondescourt. In 1192 the abbey was reprimanded by the General Chapter of the Order for Bauluxus. The monks were Pierre le Chantre and Jean de Montmirail. Under King Francis I, the monastery fell into coming. In the French Revolution, it was dissolved, sold, and until 1831 the church was partially canceled. 1804 came into the possession of the Monastery de Montesquiou family. During the First World War, the south wing of the exam burned down and was not renewed; only its ground floor has been preserved.

Buildings and plant

The 105 meters long and 28 meters high in the vaults of the church in the size of Soissons Cathedral, of which the outer walls, the western part of the nave walls and the facade stand upright, is a plant in the French Gothic style. The façade rises to 40 m from the large rosette tracery has been lost. The three-aisled nave has nine bays. The church had a transept and a chapel dealing in the choir, among other things, for the Abbeys of Vauclair, Ourscamp and Royaumont was influential and was imitated in a reduced form in many cases. The church was surmounted by a roof skylights. The exam was rebuilt in the 18th century. From the cloister only is the south wing. Preserved are the ground floor of the refectory wing, which was rebuilt in the 18th century and contains the kitchens and the calefactory from the 13th century, and the northern two-thirds of the converted Konversenbaus with a gothic cellar. On the east wing to the chapter house, nothing is received. Also noteworthy is the gatehouse from the second half of the 14th century with four turrets.

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