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Paradoxplace Italy Spain Britain Photo & History Pages Link to all Abbey and Cathedral Pages in Paradoxplace
PARADOXPLACE CISTERCIAN ABBEY PHOTO PAGES
SPAIN PORTUGAL ITALY FRANCE BRITAIN
Back to Paradoxplace Cistercian Pages
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SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE CISTERCIAN ABBEYS IN PARADOXPLACE
Alcobaça (Portugal) ** (Tombs of Inès de Castro and King Pedro I**) Las Huelgas (Burgos) ** (Tomb of Queen Leonora Plantagenet **) San Pedro de Gardina (Burgos) * (Tomb of El Cid **) Cañas * (Tomb of Abbess Urraca Lopez de Haro **) Leyre * La Oliva * Rueda ** Poblet ** Santes Creus **
** must visits * highly recommended
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THE TOP TEN CISTERCIAN ABBEYS
If Team Paradox had to organize a tour of the top ten Cistercian Abbeys in these lists, these would be the eleven choices. On the "first reserves list", Poblet is quite close to Santes Creus, Fountains is in the same neck of Yorkshire as Rievaulx, and Pavia (which is really a Carthusian "Certosa") is within an hour or so of Chiaravalle della Colomba. In addition Casamari and Chiaravalle della Colomba both have infioratas where the entire nave is mosaiced with flowers, blooms and greenery on Corpus Domini each year.
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ITALIAN CISTERCIAN ABBEYS IN PARADOXPLACE
San Galgano ** Casamari ** Fossanova ** Pavia (Carthusian Certosa with Cistercuian "caretakers")** Firenze (another Certosa) *
** must visits * highly recommended
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Casamari (Lazio, Italy) - Corpus Domini Infiorata preparation
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FRENCH CISTERCIAN ABBEYS IN PARADOXPLACE
THE FOUNDATION ABBEYS IN FRANCE
Pontigny * Fontenay ** Noirlac ** Valmagne * Sénanque **
** must visits * highly recommended
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BRITISH CISTERCIAN ABBEYS IN PARADOXPLACE
Melrose (Scotland) ** Rievaulx (Yorkshire) ** Fountains ** Buildwas * Tintern **
** must visits * highly recommended
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MORE PARADOXPLACE CISTERCIAN LINKS
SPAIN PORTUGAL ITALY FRANCE BRITAIN
Introduction to the Paradoxplace Cistercian History and Photo Pages
The early years of the Cistercian Order
Saint Bernard and the Cistercians' Century in the Sun
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If it's Cistercian Abbey photos plus good historical commentary you want, this is THE coffee table book (available in September 2008 at an amazingly low price from from Amazon UK)
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More Books about the Cistercians and their Abbeys
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All original material © Adrian Fletcher 2000-2013 - The contents may not be hotlinked, or reproduced without permission
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