The abbey of Cîteaux was founded by Robert de Molesmes in 1098. It became the mother churches of hundreds of monasteries of the Cistercian order over the…
Bright dots on the map show Cistercian monasteries.
Cistercian monasteries in Europe.
Original map of the abbey.
Original map of the abbey.
Little is left of the original buildings of the monasteries. The monastery was sold and partly destroyed during the French revolution at the end of the 18th…