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Ancienne abbaye cistercienne de Quincy, à Commissey

Tanlay, Yonne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Les restes de l'ancienne abbaye : inscription par arrêté du 5 mai 1926
Protection dates
1926/05/05 : inscrit MH
Type
abbaye
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Tanlay
Département
Yonne
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.86314, 4.10174
Mérimée reference
PA00113894

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1742 map "Bourgogne septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Abbaye fondée en 1133 par des religieux venant de l'abbaye de Pontigny. Une petite église fut construite en attendant la construction de la grande abbatiale et de l'abbaye. La fontaine de Saint-Gauthier amenait l'eau jusqu'au grand cloître par de longs conduits en pierre. L'église abbatiale fut entièrement démolie peu avant 1855. De l'abbaye, seuls subsistent deux bâtiments, dont le logement de l'abbé. Le logis abbatial, de la fin du 15e siècle, possède une tourelle dont l'intérieur se termine par un épanouissement de nervures fines et ornées d'écussons et d'inscriptions ; le bâtiment adjacent (logement des fermiers, étables, écuries) possède de belles voûtes à nervures ogivales du 13e siècle.

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Abbey founded in 1133 by religious men coming from the abbey of Pontigny. A small church was built while awaiting the construction of the great abbatial church and the abbey. The fountain of Saint-Gauthier brought water to the great cloister by long stone conduits. The abbatial church was completely demolished shortly before 1855. Of the abbey, only two buildings remain, including the lodging of the abbot. The abbot's lodging, from the end of the 15th century, has a turret whose interior ends in a display of fine ribs decorated with escutcheons and inscriptions; the adjacent building (lodging of the farmers, stables, stables) has fine rib vaults of the 13th century.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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