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Name:Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
Area:Western Europe
Country:France
Registered Year:1981
Type:Cultural Heritage
Criteria:(i)(iv)
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Brief Description:
This stark Burgundian monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119. With its church, cloister, refectory, sleeping quarters, bakery and ironworks, it is an excellent illustration of the ideal of self-sufficiency as practised by the earliest communities of Cistercian monks.
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