The Cistercians did full honor to the site with an architecture that was noble in scale, harmonious in proportion and austere in detail.

Founded in 1147, the Cistercian Maulbronn Monastery is considered the most complete and best-preserved medieval monastic complex north of the Alps. Surrounded by fortified walls, the main buildings ...

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The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Dec., 1891), pp. 447-449 (3 pages) ...

As you travel through the Polish countryside, one of the most common and regular sights that catches your eye is an unassuming church steeple elegantly rising above the tree line surrounding a passing ...

This stark Burgundian monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119. With its church, cloister, refectory, sleeping quarters, bakery and ironworks, it is an excellent illustration of the ideal of ...