Cuissy / Cuissiacus Vienlus / Quissiacus

INFORMATION

FontID: 19026CUI

Church/Chapel: Ancienne abbaye de Cuissy [abandoned in the 18thC]

Country Name: France

Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Located in Cuissy-et-Geny, near Laon

Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse de Laon]

Historical Region: Le Laonnois

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: abbey founded in 1118 in Cuissy; in 1122 joined the Premonstratensian order of canons regular which had just been founded; entirely rebuilt in 1746; dissolved in 1790 [source: Martine Plouvier. 'Histoire et architecture de l'Abbaye de Cuissy aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles', in Cahiers archéologiques de Picardie, 1976, vol. 3, no. 3 (191-216 )]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.403056, 3.714722

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 24′ 11″ N, 3° 42′ 53″ E