The Cistercians are a Roman Catholic monastic order.

Connected Sites

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Brú na Bóinne Newgrange was the grange of a Cistercian Monastry
Burgundy Monastery of the Cistercian Nuns (Monastère des Bernardines) in Dijon
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios Daphni: (1205) given to the Cistercian Abbey of Bellevaux, who added their own cloister and twin pointed arches in the Gothic style to the façade of the church. (wiki)
Kutna Hora
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces Hauterive (1138), Hautcrêt (1141) et Montheron (1142)
Maulbronn Monastery
Monastery of Alcobaça
Poblet Monastery
Rammelsberg and Goslar Walkenried
Studley Royal Park


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