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Our Lady of Ardenne Abbey (L’abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ardenne) was a Premonstratensian monastery founded in the 12th century in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, Calvados, near Caen, France. The abbey grew and flourished, with occasional declines, for centuries and by the 1620's was the most powerful Premonstratensian abbey in Normandy. During the French Revolution the monks were driven out and the abbey was sold as national property on 1 May 1791. Many of the buildings were declared a national monument in 1918, the rest in 1947. It is used today by the Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine (IMEC), a government-funded archive and research center.
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Ardenne Abbey | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Premonstratensian |
Province | Calvados |
Region | Lower Normandy |
Rite | Roman Catholic |
Year consecrated | 1138 |
Location | |
Municipality | Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe |
Territory | France |
Architecture | |
Style | Gothic |
Groundbreaking | 1121 |
Completed | 18th century |
Website | |
http://www.imec-archives.com/abbaye.php |
The abbey was the site of an atrocity by the Germans during the Battle of Normandy. It was heavily damaged in the battle and has been largely rebuilt or restored.