Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in northern France (Île-de-France), situated in Cernay-la-Ville, in the Diocese of Versailles, Yvelines. The abbey was abandoned during the French Revolution and fell into partial ruin. Most of the buildings, except for the church, were restored in the late 19th century by Charlotte de Rothschild, and the property is now a hotel.
The ruined abbey church
Abbey well
2008 view from the grounds
Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild was a French socialite, painter, and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.
1866 Portrait of the Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild by Jean-Léon Gérôme (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)