Sulejów Abbey

Sulejów Abbey

Opactwo Cystersów w Sulejowie
Saint Thomas of Canterbury church
Location within Poland
Monastery information
Order	Cistercians
Established	1176
People
Founder(s)	Casimir II the Just
Architecture
Style	Romanesque
Site
Location	Sulejów
Country	Poland
Coordinates	51°21′N 19°52′E
Historic Monument of Poland
Designated	2012-10-22
Reference no.	Dz. U. z 2012 r. poz. 1242

Sulejów Abbey (Polish: Opactwo Cystersów w Sulejowie) is a former Cistercian abbey in Sulejów, Poland, founded in 1176 by Duke Casimir II the Just.

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), as designated October 22, 2012. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.

Gallery

• 
  Abbey
• 
  Abbey church façade
• 
  Abbey church interior
• 
  Chapter house gallery

See also

• Tyniec Abbey
• Dobrowska Foundation

External links

• Sulejów Abbey official website (in Polish)