Collection(s) : Heritage monograph
Paru le 30/01/2011 | Broché 31 pages
Tout public
photographs Hervé Champollion | translation Id2m
The Abbey of Fontenay is a vast monastic complex with an imposing abbey church, a perfectly proportioned cloister and a harmonious arrangement of abbey buildings. Tucked away in an unspoilt valley in northern Burgundy, it represents one of the most remarkable surviving Cistercian monasteries. On this beautiful site watered by a small brook, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, visitors are soon transported back to the abbey's early days ; in October 1118, a group of pioneering monks led by St Bernard established their community here in a desire to return to the strict precepts of the Rule of St Benedict.
This monograph serves as both guidebook and historical reference work, helping you to understand and appreciate this fascinating architectural complex which has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1981.
Frédéric Sartiaux is an architectural historian who has been involved with a range of journals devoted to heritage, particularly mediaeval heritage, for many years. He is also a keen photographer and a member of the French Association of Heritage Journalists, and in 2007 published his first work on the fortifications of Vauban. He lives in Burgundy and is currently chief editor of the magazine En Bourgogne.
Hervé Champollion
specialises in illustrations for travel guides and albums. His work is distributed by AKG-Images
(www.akg-images.fr).
