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is extant, which fills almost the entire width of the west front. The first three bays of the nave are noticeably wider than the rest. The vault of the first is gone, but that of the next three remains, supported on massive
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and the transept with three chapels on either arm had become dilapidated almost to the point of collapse, and were replaced by a semi-circular termination on the east side of the transept.
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Imposing ruins are all that remain of the abbey church, constructed between 1160 and 1190, originally about 70 metres long and 40 metres broad across the
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and supports a terrace surrounded by a balustrade. Beyond a courtyard stands a further gateway with a coat of arms and building in the style of
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The monumental gateway dates from the 18th century rebuild. It has a concave façade with four very large pilasters with
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abbey of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, near Rome, which is also called the "Abbey of Three Fountains" (
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The abbey's isolated site protected it from armed attack. It fell however into the hands of
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The abbey was very active in its first century or so in the settlement of daughter houses:
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and are separated from the nave by pointed arches. Between 1785 and 1789 the rectangular
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abbey church has been stabilised as a picturesque ruin. The outbuildings accommodate a
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Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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Trois-Fontaines

French
Cistercian
Trois-Fontaines-l'Abbaye
Marne
Champagne
Clairvaux Abbey
Marne
Saint-Dizier
Bernard of Clairvaux
Hugh de Vitry
Lachalade Abbey
Orval Abbey
Belgium
Haute-Fontaine Abbey
Cheminon Abbey
Châtillon Abbey
Monthiers-en-Argonne Abbey
Szentgotthárd Abbey
Hungary
Belin Studenac Abbey
James of Pecorara
Alberic of Trois-Fontaines
commendatory abbots
in commendam
Pierre Guérin de Tencin
Corinthian capitals
Louis XV
transept

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