Eight centuries ago the monasteries and churches knew splendor to glorify their God. Around 1100, until then a completely unknown Benedictine monk, Robert van Molesme pleaded for a return to the strict observance of the Rule of Benedict of Nurcia.
The Cistercian order became a fact.
Most abbeys did not escape revolution and iconoclasm. But beauty survives everything. On wimlanphen.werkaandemuur.nl you will find pictures of Cistercian abbeys in Europe. You can choose from various details, on various photo carriers, in many sizes.
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