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Silvacane Abbey

1140s establishments in France1144 establishments in EuropeBuildings and structures in Bouches-du-RhôneChristian monasteries established in the 12th centuryChurches in Bouches-du-Rhône
Cistercian monasteries in FranceReligious organizations established in the 1140sRomanesque architecture in Provence
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Silvacane Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in the municipality of La Roque-d'Anthéron, Bouches-du-Rhône, in Provence, France. It was founded in or around 1144 as a daughter house of Morimond Abbey and was dissolved in 1443; it ceased to be an ecclesiastical property in the French Revolution. The church was acquired by the French state in 1846, the remaining buildings not until 1949. It is one of the three Cistercian abbeys in Provence known as the "three sisters of Provence" ("les trois soeurs provençales"), the other two being Sénanque Abbey and Le Thoronet Abbey; Silvacane was possibly the last-established. The structures, of the late 12th and 13th centuries, are mostly Romanesque, with some Gothic elements. As is usual with early Cistercian buildings, the focus of the architecture is entirely on simplicity, austerity and harmony. The church interior, without decoration or distraction, is an outstanding example of 12th century Cistercian architecture.

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Silvacane Abbey
Route d'Eyguières au Puy-Sainte-Réparade, Aix-en-Provence

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Abbaye de Silvacane

Route d'Eyguières au Puy-Sainte-Réparade
13640 Aix-en-Provence
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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