Sénanque

                            name

Sénanque

                     latin name

Sinanqua (= de sana aqua)

                         founded

1148

                  inhabited by

monks

               primary abbey

Cîteaux

                mother abbey

Mazan

daughter abbeys monks

1152 Chambons, les

1365 Avignon

                   dissolved in

1791

                reinhabited in

1854

                  dispersed in

1880

             reconstituted in

1927

                    affiliated to

Ordo Cisterciensis

           father immediate

Lérins

daugther abbeys monks

Lérins (1868)

                           to visit

                         address

Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque

F - 84220 Gordes

France

                            phone

[+33] (0) 4 90 72 02 05

                                fax

[+33) (0) 4 90 72  07 45

                             email

communaute@senanque.fr 

                          internet

www.senanque.fr