Igriș Abbey

Sânpetru Mare, Romania · built 1101

Egres Abbey (Egresi apátság, Kloster Egresch, Abația Igriș, Abbaye d'Hégerieux) was a Cistercian monastery in the Kingdom of Hungary, located in Egres (present-day Igriș, part of the commune of Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania). The Egres Abbey was founded by Béla III of Hungary in 1179 as a filial abbey of Pontigny. Here is attested the oldest library in the territory of present-day Romania.

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