New Life for Old Glass
by W Chris Fooshee
Title
New Life for Old Glass
Artist
W Chris Fooshee
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The original glass windows installed in the Abbaye Fontfroide would have been, in the Cisternian style - gray tones, simple and austere. The original windows were replaced during renovations in the early 1900s with beautiful colorful designed fashioned from stained glass fragments rescued from churches damaged during WWII.
The Abbaye Fontfroide is situated in a quiet, secluded wooded valley within the Corbieres mountain of southern France, adding to the contemplative atmosphere of the beautiful structures. The ancient stone walls and arches glow in the morning, and footsteps softly echo on the worn stone steps. The columned arches of the cloister elegantly enclose the small garden within, while gentle breezes quietly weave through the leaves of the large wisteria vines growing in the corner. This is again a peaceful place.
The Abbaye Fontfroide was founded in 1093 as a Cistercian monastery, was dissolved in 1791 during the French Revolution, became a functioning abbey once again 1858 then a law in 1901 put an end to monastic communities, and the last of the monks fled to Spain. The abbey remained uninhabited until 1908 when the buildings, which are of great architectural interest, passed into private hands.
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