Vauluisant Abbey
Vauluisant Abbey, near Courgenay in the canton of Brienon-sur-Armançon, Yonne, France, is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1127 by a group of monks from Preuilly Abbey who came to settle between the forest of Othe and the forest of Lancy, an area near the borders of Île-de-France, Champagne and Burgundy that had come to be far from human habitation.- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 120 metres (380 feet)
- Description: abbey located in Yonne, in France
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ancienne grange cistercienne de Toucheboeuf and Polissoir du Sauvageon.
Ancienne grange cistercienne de Toucheboeuf
Building
Ancienne grange cistercienne de Toucheboeuf is a building, which is situated 1 km south of Vauluisant Abbey.
Polissoir du Sauvageon
Archaeological site
Polissoir du Sauvageon is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Vauluisant Abbey.
Église Notre-Dame de Lailly
Church
Église Notre-Dame de Lailly is a church, which is situated 2½ km south of Vauluisant Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lailly and Villeneuve-l’Archevêque.
Lailly
Village
Lailly is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Lailly is situated 2½ km south of Vauluisant Abbey.
Villeneuve-l’Archevêque
Village
Villeneuve-l'Archevêque is a commune in the Yonne… Villeneuve-l’Archevêque is situated 3½ km southeast of Vauluisant Abbey.
Molinons
Village
Molinons is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Molinons is situated 4 km south of Vauluisant Abbey.
Vauluisant Abbey
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Latitude
48.26536° or 48° 15′ 55″ north
Longitude
3.53608° or 3° 32′ 10″ east
Open location code
8FW57G8P+4C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=abbey
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Vauluisant Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “Abbaye de Vauluisant”
- German: “Kloster Vauluisant”
- Russian: “Волюизанское аббатство”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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