Villeneuve Abbey

Villeneuve Abbey
Abbaye de Villeneuve
Villeneuve Abbey, engraving of 1695
Villeneuve Abbey is located in France
Villeneuve Abbey
Location within France
Villeneuve Abbey is located in Pays de la Loire
Villeneuve Abbey
Villeneuve Abbey (Pays de la Loire)
Villeneuve Abbey is located in Loire-Atlantique
Villeneuve Abbey
Villeneuve Abbey (Loire-Atlantique)
Monastery information
OrderCistercian
Established1200
Mother houseBuzay Abbey
DioceseNantes
People
Founder(s)Constance, Duchess of Brittany
AbbotSee list
Site
LocationLe Bignon, Pays de la Loire, France
Coordinates47°07′24″N 01°32′02″W / 47.12333°N 1.53389°W / 47.12333; -1.53389

Villeneuve Abbey, dedicated to Our Lady, was a Cistercian monastery at the present-day Les Sorinières, near Nantes in Pays de la Loire (formerly in Brittany), France, founded in 1201 and dissolved in 1790, during the French Revolution.

For many years after its foundation, the abbey was the principal burial place of the founder's family. The main surviving building, also known as the Château de Villeneuve, is now a hotel.


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