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The first Cistercian nunnery in the United States, founded by nuns from the Swiss Abbey of Frauenthal. Our Lady of Dallas Abbey: Common Observance 1958 Irving, Texas: Founded from the Cistercian monastery of Zirc in Hungary. Runs the Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving, TX Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey: Nuns (Trappist) 1962
The Monastero della Visitazione is a cloistered Cistercian monastic complex, including a monastery and church located on Via San Pietro in central Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy. The complex is also referred to as the Monastero della Duchessa, due to its history. It stands across from the Istituto magistrale statale Santa Rosa di Viterbo.
The following is a list of Cistercian monasteries in France, including current and former Cistercian abbeys, and a few priories, on the current territory of France, for both monks and nuns. These religious houses have belonged, at different times, to various congregations or groups within the Cistercian order, among which the most important ...
Cistercian architecture is a style of architecture associated with the churches, monasteries and abbeys of the Roman Catholic Cistercian Order. It was heavily influenced by Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153), who believed that churches should avoid superfluous ornamentation so as not to distract from prayer.
The monastery's prosperity was worsened by the Hussite Wars, which ravaged the abbey in the years 1427–1430. The monastery was burnt down and looted, and the monks fled to Nysa and Wrocław. After the end of the Hussite Wars, the rebuilt monastery was destroyed several more times in the 15th century.
Mariawald Abbey is the only extant men's Trappist monastery in Germany. [5] The monks follow the Rule of St. Benedict and the constitution of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance. [6] Visitors can also stay a few days in the abbey's guesthouse, but the parts of the monastery used by the monastic community cannot be visited. [7]
Osek Monastery (Czech: Osecký klášter; German: Kloster Ossegg) is a Cistercian monastery in Osek in Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.Originally built in the 13th century as a Romanesque-Gothic structure, it was transformed into the high-Baroque style during the early 18th century, giving it the today's appearance.
It was founded in 1203–1204 by King John [1] and (uniquely in Britain) [2] populated by 30 monks sent from the abbey of Cîteaux in France, the mother house of the Cistercian order. The Medieval Latin name of the monastery was Bellus Locus Regis ("The beautiful place of the king"') or monasterium Belli loci Regis. [3]