Point d'intérêt

La Lucerne Abbey

Name: La Lucerne Abbey
Address: D105, La Lucerne-d'Outremer, Normandie, FR

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Conseils des habitants

Lachlan

August 13, 2019

This Abbaye is about 25-30 mins away near La Lucerne-d'Outremer. It has some stunningly beautiful grounds with a 14th C moulin and an aqueduct. Church services are still held there. Reconstruction has been carried since 1959. The abbey was founded in 1143 by Hasculf de Subligny, son of Othoerne, the tutor of William Adelin, both of whom perished in the White Ship disaster of 1120, and later had the support of the English crown. The new monastery was settled from Dommartin Abbey near Hesdin. The foundation stone of the permanent buildings was laid in 1164 by Achard of St. Victor, who was later buried here. Construction lasted from 1164 to 1178 and was in the Romanesque style, in the restrained and sober manner of Cistercian architecture, except that the complex was dominated by an Anglo-Norman Gothic tower. La Lucerne was the mother-house of four other Premonstratensian monasteries: Ardenne Abbey, Mondaye Abbey and Belle-Étoile Abbey (at Cerisy-Belle-Étoile) in Normandy, and Beauport Abbey in Brittany. Major structural renovations were carried out in the 15th and 17th centuries. During the French Revolution, in 1792, the abbey was suppressed. Its buildings were at first turned into a cotton mill and then used as a source of stone.

Cyril Et Beatrice

July 3, 2014

Breathtaking medieval monastry, peaceful countryside surroundings, delicious homemade preserves and best place to attend the Christmas Midnight mass in Latin!