La Crête Abbey (french: Abbaye de La Crête, anciently ''La Chreste''; la, Crista alba) was a

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monastery in the commune of

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in the département of Haute-Marne, France. It was founded in 1121 as the second daughter house of Morimond Abbey by Simon de Clefmont, after a failed attempt at a foundation in 1118 at the site now known as La Vieille-Crête. The abbey was very active in founding further monasteries: Les Vaux-en-Ornois in

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(1130), Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre (1132), Les Feuillants (1145) and Matallana in

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(1173). It was suppressed during 1791 in the French Revolution, when the church and conventual buildings were mostly demolished. Little remains of the mediaeval structures, known from a plan of 1705, apart from the chapter house. The gate house of 1715 also survives.

Sources

* Bernard Peugniez, 2001: ''Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse'' (p. 137; new expanded edition). Éditions Gaud: Moisenay * Isabelle Lambert, Jean-Marie Mouillet, Jacques Charlier, 2006: ''L'abbaye de La Crête, 1121–1789. Des pierres aux prières.'' Éditions Dominique Guéniot: Langres Cistercian monasteries in France Buildings and structures in Haute-Marne 1121 establishments in Europe 1120s establishments in France Christian monasteries established in the 12th century Monasteries dissolved during the French Revolution {{France-struct-stub