Sulejów Abbey () is a former
Cistercian
The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...
abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christians, Christian monks and nun ...
in
Sulejów
Sulejów is a town in central Poland with 6,130 inhabitants (2020). It is situated in Łódź Voivodeship. Sulejów gives its name to the protected area known as Sulejów Landscape Park.
History
The origins of Sulejów are associated with a vi ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
, founded in 1176 by Duke
Casimir II the Just
Casimir II the Just (; 28 October 1138 – 5 May 1194) was a Lesser Polish Duke of Wiślica from 1166 to 1173, and of Sandomierz after 1173. He became ruler over the Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków and thereby High Duke of Poland in 1177; a ...
.
Description
The most notable parts of the abbey are:
* the
Romanesque church of
Saint Thomas Becket of Canterbury
* the Romanesque fortifications which stopped the
Mongol Hordes in the 13th century.
The monastery was dissolved in 1810. After many years of industrial and business use the surviving buildings are now used by the present parish.
The abbey is one of Poland's official national
Historic Monuments (''
Pomnik historii
Historic Monument (, ) is one of several categories of objects of cultural heritage in Poland, objects of cultural heritage (in the singular, ''zabytek'') in Poland.
To be recognized as a Polish historic monument, an object must be declared suc ...
''), as designated October 22, 2012. Its listing is maintained by the
National Heritage Board of Poland.
Gallery
File:Sulejów-Podklasztorze4.jpg, Abbey
File:Sulejów-Podklasztorze3.jpg, Abbey church façade
File:Saint Thomas of Canterbury church in Sulejów - interior (2).jpg, Abbey church interior
File:kapitularz.jpg, Chapter house gallery
See also
*
Tyniec Abbey
*
Dobrowska Foundation
References
External links
Sulejów Abbey official website
12th-century establishments in Poland
Christian monasteries established in the 1170s
Churches in Łódź Voivodeship
Cistercian monasteries in Poland
Piotrków County
Romanesque architecture in Poland
1176 establishments in Europe
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