Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, France
Cîteaux Abbey
Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, France
No longer standing
Demolished or destroyed.
Cîteaux Abbey is a Catholic abbey in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, south of Dijon, France, founded in 1098 and recognized as the original house of the Cistercian Order. It now belongs to the Trappists, also called the Cistercians of the Strict Observance. About 35 monks produce a cheese under the abbey's name, along with caramels and honey-based candies.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- abbey, religious community, Cistercian monastery
- Heritage
- monument selected by the mission to identify immovable heritage in danger (2018), classified historical monument
- Place
- Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, France
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