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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
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.
This is a List of Cistercian monasteries (called abbeys) in Great Britain. The first Cistercian abbey in Great Britain was Waverley Abbey in Surrey , founded in 1128. In the next few years further abbeys were founded in other parts of Britain , notably Yorkshire and in Scotland and Wales .
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.
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]
This is a list of Christian monasteries and religious houses in France, both extant and non-extant, and for either men or women (or both). Christian religious houses arranged by order [ edit ]
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 ...