General Information
| Beginning of works: | 12th century |
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| Completion: | 13th century |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Church |
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Location
| Location: |
Gordes, Vaucluse (84), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
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| Coordinates: | 43° 55' 41.82" N 5° 11' 11.96" E |
Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Chronology
| 1148 | Founding of Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque by Cistercian monks who came from Mazan Abbey in the Vivarais. The building works last around a hundred years. |
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| 1178 | The church is consecrated by the Bishop of Cavaillon. In the Abbey, the church is the first place to be constructed after the temporary buildings. |
| 13th century — 14th century | The monastery reaches its apogee, with four mills, seven granges and large areas of land in Provence. |
| 1509 | First Abbot is named. |
| 1544 | Religious wars. The monastery is devastated, the lay-brothers' quarters are destroyed. |
| 1791 | Revolution. The Abbey is sold off as State property. |
| 1854 | Purchase and restoration of the Abbey by Dom Barnouin, a new community of Cistercian monks of the Immaculate Conception arrive. |
| 1903 | New laws on religious congregations: The monks are expelled from the monastery. |
| 1926 | Normal monastic life is re-established |
| 1969 | The monks depart to their headquarters of St. Honorat on the island de Lerins, near Cannes. Sénanque becomes a cultural centre for almost twenty years. |
| 1988 | A renewal in the number of vocations at Lerins Abbey which sends a very small community of monks to Senanque, thus renewing the centuries-old Cistercian tradition. |
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1963): L'abbaye de Sénanque. Presented at: Congrès archéologique de France, 121ème session, Avignon & Comtat Venaissin (1963), pp. 365-376.
- (1990): Abbayes de Provence. Nouvelles Éditions Latines, Paris (France), pp. 35-39.
- (2003): Die Baukunst der Zisterzienser in der Provence. Sénanque - Le Thoronet - Silvacane. Abteilung Architekturgeschichte des Kunsthistorischen Instituts der Universität zu Köln, Cologne (Germany).
- (2003): Les Cisterciens. MSM (collection In Situ), Vic-en-Bigorre (France), pp. 234-239.
- (1998): Sénanque, perle de lavande. In: Dossiers d'Archéologie, n. 234 (June - July 1998), pp. 110-113.
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20012074 - Published on:
14/05/2004 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
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