Longues Abbey

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Longues Abbey (French: Abbaye de Longues, Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues) is a former Benedictine monastery in Longues-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France.It was founded in 1168 by Hugh Wac, of a family that owned Rubercy and other lands in the Cotentin, and was generously supported by gifts from the English and Norman nobility, and from King Henry II. The prominent families of Bacon of Molay and d'Argouges were particular benefactors of the abbey and several of them were buried there. Numerous ruins and structures remain, which have been listed at various times as monuments historiques. rdf:langString
L'abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues est un ancien monastère bénédictin, fondé au XIIe siècle, qui se dresse sur le territoire de la commune française de Longues-sur-Mer, dans le département du Calvados, en région Normandie. L'abbaye offre un témoignage de la vie religieuse normande au Moyen Âge, mais aussi de son architecture et de ses arts décoratifs. Cependant, les restaurations de l’abbaye entreprises au XXe siècle par ses propriétaires successifs en font aujourd’hui un élément du patrimoine normand. Elle est totalement protégée aux monuments historiques. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Longues Abbey (French: Abbaye de Longues, Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues) is a former Benedictine monastery in Longues-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France.It was founded in 1168 by Hugh Wac, of a family that owned Rubercy and other lands in the Cotentin, and was generously supported by gifts from the English and Norman nobility, and from King Henry II. The prominent families of Bacon of Molay and d'Argouges were particular benefactors of the abbey and several of them were buried there. From 1526 the abbey was in the hands of commendatory abbots. After a long period of decline, it was finally closed in 1781 under the last commendatory abbot, Emmanuel-Louis de Cugnac, bishop of Lectoure, when its revenues were given to the seminary at Bayeux. Numerous ruins and structures remain, which have been listed at various times as monuments historiques.
rdf:langString L'abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues est un ancien monastère bénédictin, fondé au XIIe siècle, qui se dresse sur le territoire de la commune française de Longues-sur-Mer, dans le département du Calvados, en région Normandie. L'abbaye offre un témoignage de la vie religieuse normande au Moyen Âge, mais aussi de son architecture et de ses arts décoratifs. Née dans l’ardente foi médiévale, elle décline progressivement jusqu’à sa fermeture au XVIIIe siècle puis est convertie en exploitation agricole. Ces multiples transformations ont laissé leurs traces, entraîné des destructions et des changements d’affectation des bâtiments, auxquels s’ajoute l’action du temps. Cependant, les restaurations de l’abbaye entreprises au XXe siècle par ses propriétaires successifs en font aujourd’hui un élément du patrimoine normand. Elle est totalement protégée aux monuments historiques.
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