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Chapter House, Fontenay Abbey, Marmagne, Cote d'Or, France. This Cistercian abbey was founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in 1119, built in the Romanesque style. The abbey itself housed 300 monks from 1200, but was sacked during the French Revolution. An arch leads from the cloister directly to the Chapter House, a rib-vaulted open chamber where the monks gathered daily to read a chapter from St Benedict's Rule. The vaults are supported by elegant piers of clustered columns with capitals decorated with a water leaf motif. The Chapter House has two small annexes, a sacristy and a parlour.
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AR9124584
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Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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12th Abbaye de Fontenay
Abbey
Architecture
belief
Bourgogne
Burgundy
CAPITAL
CATHOLIC
Catholicism
CHAMBER
Chapter house
Christian
Christianity
CISTERCIAN
Column
Cote d'Or
council room
EUROPE
EUROPEAN
Faith
Fontenay Abbey
France
French
History
INDOORS
INSIDE
interior
Marmagne
Medieval
Monastery
Montbard
Ordery
religion
rib-vaulted
ROMANESQUE
ROYAL ABBEY
St Bernard of Clairvaux
TOURISM
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Vaulting
Window