Barbery No. 1 / Barberia / Barbereium / Bretteville-sur-Laize

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view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ancienne abbaye de Barbery, dépendant de l'ordre Cistercien, fondée en 1140 par l'abbaye de Savigny (manche) et dotée de ce territoire par la famille seigneuriale de Marmion, elle fut réformée au XVIIème par Dom Louis Quinet et définitivement abandonnée par les moines au début de la révolution. Un peu à l'écart au bord du chemin, le grand bâtiment du XIIIème sans doute l'ancien logis abbatial, devenu une hôtellerie."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21300BAR
Church/Chapel: Abbaye de Cistercies Notre-Dame de Barbery en Bretteville-sur-Laize [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 14220 Barbery, France
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: This Barbery is located off the D23-D131-D156A crossroads, 10 km ENE of Thury-Harcourt, 25 km S of Caen. The ruins of the abbey are in Bretteville-sur-Laize, a hamlet of Barbery.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux
Historical Region: Basse-Normandie
Date: ca. 1176?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Church Notes: abbey founded 1176; abbey church consecrated 1246; raided by Calvinists 1563; restore thereafter; badly damaged in 1776 earthquake -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00000133]
[NB: we have no information on the font of the late-12thC abbey church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.025576, -0.34604
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 1′ 32.08″ N, 0° 20′ 45.74″ W
UTM: 30U 694008 5433693