Lay dormitory, Fontfroide Abbey, Languedoc-Roussillon
Dormitory of the lay brothers at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. The secular buildings in the abbey are separate from the religious. This dormitory in pink sandstone has an arched ceiling with no dividing ribs. It was partially divided into sleeping cells in the 18th century. The stained glass windows were made by Rene Billa from broken fragments of church and cathedral windows bombed in World War One. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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