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Fontenay Abbey

Fontenay Abbey was founded in 1118 by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in the Burgundy region of France. It is one of the olde...

France Museum Unesco Romanesque

9.2 Excellent

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Maulbronn Abbey

Maulbronn Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery located in Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1147, the...

Germany Museum Cistercian Romanesque Gothic

9.2 Excellent

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Maulbronn Monastery

Maulbronn Monastery is a former Cistercian abbey located in Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1147, the...

Germany Museum Unesco Romanesque

9.2 Excellent

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Alcobaça Abbey

The Alcobaça Monastery is a Cistercian Catholic monastery located in the town of Alcobaça, Portugal. It was founded in 1...

Gothic Active Portugal Cistercian

9.1 Excellent

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Poblet Monastery

The Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian monastery located in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, Catalonia...

Spain Gothic Active Cistercian

8.9 Great

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Eberbach Abbey

Eberbach Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery located near Eltville in the Rheingau region of Hesse, Germany. Establis...

Germany Museum Romanesque Cistercian

8.7 Great

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Pedralbes Monastery

Pedralbes Monastery (Catalan: Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes) is a Poor Clare convent in Barcelona, Spain, founded...

Spain Gothic Museum Barcelona

8.6 Great

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Bebenhausen Monastery

Bebenhausen Monastery is a former Cistercian abbey located near Tübingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, fou...

Germany Gothic Museum Swabia

8.3 Great

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Fürstenfeld Abbey

Fürstenfeld Abbey (Kloster Fürstenfeld) is a former Cistercian monastery located in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany,...

Baroque Germany Museum Bavaria

8.3 Great

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Blaubeuren Abbey

Blaubeuren Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery located in Blaubeuren, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded around 108...

Germany Gothic Museum Benedictine

7.9 Good

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Chorin Abbey

Chorin Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery located in Brandenburg, Germany, founded in 1258. It is widely regarded as...

Germany Gothic Ruins Cistercian

7.9 Good

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Bebenhausen Abbey

Bebenhausen Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery near Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, founded around 1190. The...

Germany Gothic Museum Cistercian

7.8 Good

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Altenberg Abbey

Altenberg Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey located in Odenthal, Germany. Founded in 1133, the monastery is centered ar...

Germany Gothic Cathedral Cistercian

7.8 Good

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Walkenried Abbey

Walkenried Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery located in Lower Saxony, Germany, founded in 1127. The abbey's monks w...

Germany Museum Ruins Lower Saxony

7.7 Good

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Riddagshausen Abbey

Riddagshausen Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery located near Braunschweig in Lower Saxony, Germany, founded in 1145...

Germany Heritage Gothic Lower Saxony

7.4 Good

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Zlatá Koruna Abbey

Zlatá Koruna Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery situated in southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, founded by King Ottoka...

Gothic Museum Czech Republic Bohemia

7.4 Good

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São João de Tarouca

São João de Tarouca was the first Cistercian monastery established in Portugal, founded in 1144 in the Douro Valley regi...

Gothic Museum Portugal Ruins

7.3 Good

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Chaalis Abbey

Chaalis Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery founded in 1137 near the town of Senlis in northern France. After its des...

France Gothic Museum Ruins

7.2 Good

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Heisterbach Abbey

Heisterbach Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in the Siebengebirge hills near Bonn, Germany, founded in 1202. Its large G...

Germany Gothic Ruins Cistercian

7.2 Good

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Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey

Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery located in the commune of Ginals in the Tarn-et-Garonne depa...

France Gothic Museum Cistercian

7.2 Good