Maubuisson Abbey | |
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Abbaye de Maubuisson | |
Religion | |
Sect | Ancient Order of Cistercians |
Region | Île-de-France, France |
Location | |
Location | Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Val-d'Oise |
Geographic coordinates | 49°02′46″N 2°07′00″E / 49.04611°N 2.11667°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Cistercian architecture |
Groundbreaking | 1241 |
Website | |
valdoise.fr |
Maubuisson Abbey (French: Abbaye de Maubuisson or Notre-Dame-la-Royale) 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 1252.[1] The site is now within the north-western suburbs of Paris. The surviving buildings are listed as a monument historique.