Val Abbey (Abbey of St Mary of Val) (''Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val'') was a

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Mériel Mériel () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department and Île-de-France region of France. Mériel station has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Paris. Population Notable residents * Jean Gabin, actor (1904–1976). Gabin spe ...

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Villiers-Adam Villiers-Adam () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Geography Climate Villiers-Adam has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Villiers-Adam i ...

Val-d’Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.

, north of Paris. It was the oldest Cistercian foundation in

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, dating to 1125, more than a century before the neighbouring

Royaumont Abbey Royaumont Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey, located near Asnières-sur-Oise in Val-d'Oise, approximately 30 km north of Paris, France. History It was built between 1228 and 1235 with the support of Louis IX. Several members of the Frenc ...

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Maubuisson Abbey Maubuisson Abbey (french: Abbaye de Maubuisson or ) is a Cistercian nunnery at Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, in the Val-d'Oise department of France. It was founded in A.D. 1236 by Blanche of Castile, Queen of France, who may have been buried there in 125 ...

. It was demolished and used for building stone in 1822 and 1845, leaving it mostly in ruins, though some of its buildings survive, including its dormitories and one gallery of its cloister. The monks' building was classed as a historical monument in 1947, as were the other buildings in 1965.

Bibliography

*Marcel Aubert, "L'Abbaye du Val", ''Congrès archéologique de France'', Paris, Société archéologique de France / A. Picard, vol. 103 « 103e session tenue en Île-de-France en 1944 », 1945, p. 111-117 () {{Coord, 49.0786, N, 2.2264, E, source:wikidata, display=title 1125 establishments in Europe 1120s establishments in France Cistercian monasteries in France Monasteries in Île-de-France Buildings and structures in Val-d'Oise