Fossanova Abbey, earlier Fossa Nuova, is a Cistercian monastery in Italy

Italy

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, in the province of Latina

Province of Latina

The Province of Latina is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Latina.It has an area of 2,251 km², and a total population of 519,850...

, near the railway-station of Priverno

Priverno

Priverno is a town and comune in the province of Latina, Lazio, central Italy.It has a station of the Rome-Naples railway mainline. Nearby is the Monti Lepini chain.-History:...

, c. 100 kilometers south-east of Rome.

It is the finest example of a Cistercian abbey, and of the Burgundian

Burgundians

The Burgundians were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose old form in Old Norse still was Burgundarholmr , and from there to mainland Europe...

 Early Gothic

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....

 style, in Italy, and dates from the end of the 12th to the end of the 13th century. The church (1187-1208) is closely similar to that of Casamari

Casamari

thumb|250px|The choir of the abbey churchCasamari Abbey is a Cistercian abbey in the province of Frosinone, Italy, c. 10 kilometers east-south-east of Veroli....

 and also of the great church at Citeaux.