This stark Bur­gun­di­an monastery was found­ed by St Bernard in 1119. With its church, clois­ter, refec­to­ry, sleep­ing quar­ters, bak­ery and iron­works, it is an excel­lent illus­tra­tion of the ide­al of self-suf­­fi­­cien­­cy as prac­tised by the ear­li­est com­mu­ni­ties of Cis­ter­cian monks.