Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey
Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey (
Abbey
The abbey was founded in 1118
As soon as the abbey was well established, many postulants were admitted, thus making possible in 1137 the foundation of
Many of its abbots became well known. Andrew, the fourth, died as
Under Thomas, Peter's successor, Porrois Abbey, a Cistercian nunnery later renamed the
Towards the end of the fourteenth century the monastery began losing its fervour, both on account of its wealth and because of the disturbed state of the Île-de-France during the
The monastery was suppressed in 1791 during the French Revolution and its members (twelve priests) were dispersed. Much of the site subsequently fell into ruin.[7]
Recent history
After passing through various hands, in the 1880s the abbey site was bought by
In November 1942, the property of Henri de Rothschild and his son James was expropriated under the anti-semitic laws of Vichy France. Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey was sold at auction to the industrialist Félix Amiot, who moved his private offices there.[6] The estate was also used as an agricultural centre.[9] Amiot's heirs sold the property in 1988 and it became a hotel,[6] with a capacity of 1,200 and a heliport, but still drawing its water from the original spring.[5] It was classified as a historical monument in 1926 and fully protected in January 1994.[10] The abbey mill, which appears in 19th-century landscape paintings, was sold in 2012 and in 2016 opened as a regional museum.[11] In the early 2020s, the abbey was acquired by the hospitality company Paris Society and extensively renovated into a luxury hotel with interiors by Cordélia de Castellane.[7][12]
See also
References
- ^ a b Kibler, William W. Medieval France: An Encyclopedia p. 946.
- ^ Cartulary, archived from the original on 22 November 2006 (in Latin).
- ^ Merlet, Lucien and Auguste Moutié, eds. Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Notre-Dame des Vaux de Cernay, de l'ordre de Citeaux, au diocèse de Paris, composé d'après les chartes originales conservées aux archives de Seine-et-Oise Paris: Société archéologique de Rambouillet, 1857. p. 198 (in French).
- ^ a b c Obrecht, Edmond. "Vaux-de-Cernay". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Abbaye des Vaulx de Cernay" Hotel, archived from the original on 4 October 2008.
- ^ a b c d Rouet, Christian. "L'abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay", Pays d'Yveline. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2024 (in French).
- ^ a b c d Cavanagh, Alice. "The splendid reinvention of Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay". HTSI. Financial Times. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ L'Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay. Monographie publiée par M. Marcel Aubert pour M. le Baron Henri de Rothschild (1931) (in French).
- ^ a b "Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay , Chevreuse Valley, France". Rothschild Family. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Domaine de l'ancienne abbaye des Vaux de Cernay, Base Mérimée (in French).
- ^ Mansart, Lauren. "Cernay-la-Ville: la renaissance du Petit Moulin des Vaux de Cernay". Le Parisien. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2024. (in French).
- ^ Viguié-Desplaces, Philippe. "Dans les Yvelines, l'Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay au septième ciel". Le Figaro Magazine. 20 October 2023. Updated 5 January 2024. (in French).
Sources
- Gallia Christiana, VII
- Caspar Jongelinus, Notitia Abbatiarum, O. Cisterciensis (Cologne, 1640)
- Bertrand Tissier, Bibliotheca Patrum Cisterciensium, VII (Paris, 1669)
- Merlet and Moutier, Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de N. D. des Vaux-de-Cernay, I-III (Paris, 1857–58)
- Morize, Étude archéologique sur l'Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay with introduction by de Dion (Tours, 1889)
- De Dion, Cartulaire de Porrois plus connue sous le nom mystique de Port-Royal (Paris, 1903)
- Charles Beaunier, Recueil historique des archévechés, évechés, abbayes et prieurés de France, province ecclesiastique de Paris (Paris, 1905)
- Angel Manrique, Annales Cistercienses (Lyons, 1642–59)
- Edmond Martène and Ursin Durand, Veterum Scriptorum et Monumentorum amplissima collectio, II (Paris, 1724)
- Petrus Sarniensis, Historia Albigensium (Troyes, 1615)
- Leopold Janauschek, Originum Cisterciensium, I (Vienna, 1877)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Vaux-de-Cernay". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
External links
- Media related to Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in French)
- Vaux de Cernay abbey at All Free Photos