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Clairvaux Abbey (/ k l ɛər ˈ v oʊ /, French:; Latin: Clara Vallis) was a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Bar-sur-Aube. The original building, founded in 1115 by Bernard of Clairvaux , is now in ruins; the bulk of the present structure dates from 1708. [ 1 ]
Située dans l'Aube, au cœur de la Champagne, à 75 km de Troyes, l'Abbaye-Prison de Clairvaux est un lieu hors du commun. Venez découvrir une double histoire de l'enfermement : sept siècles d'histoire monastique et deux siècles d'histoire carcérale !
Feb 27, 2024 · Clairvaux Abbey. At the outmost of the Champagne region and Burgundy, Clairvaux is a land of silence in the very heart of the old Gallic forest. It is the place where, nine centuries ago, saint Bernard came to clear the glade of the Val d'Absinthe to build the biggest abbey in the Cistercian order.
Clairvaux, village, northeastern France, in Aube département, Champagne-Ardenne région, east-southeast of Troyes. Its abbey, founded in 1115 by the French churchman and mystic St. Bernard of Clairvaux, became a centre of the Cistercian order.
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Founded in 1115 by St. Bernard, then turned into a prison in 1808, Clairvaux Abbey has seen centuries of history go by. In the heart of the humid Champagne region, in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, this Cistercian complex of majestic buildings stands amid an ocean of greenery.
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L' abbaye de Clairvaux est une ancienne abbaye cistercienne située dans la commune de Ville-sous-la-Ferté, à quinze kilomètres de Bar-sur-Aube, dans l' Aube. Elle a été fondée en 1115 par Bernard de Clairvaux et quelques compagnons, envoyés par Étienne Harding, abbé de Cîteaux. La personnalité de saint Bernard lui donna un rayonnement considérable.
Bernard de Clairvaux (1090–1153), nemesis of Abelard and preacher of the Second Crusade, founded this hugely influential Cistercian monastery in 1115. Since Napoléon's time, the complex has served as one of France's highest-security prisons. Several historic abbey buildings are open to the public.
