SENANQUE. - A Cistercian abbey formerly in the territory of the diocese of Cavaillon, now incorporated into that of Avignon in Provence.
It stands in the valley at the foot of the Vaucluse mountains and was founded in 1148 by Alipanto, bishop of Cavaillon. Its name was Sana aqua; its Romanesque architecture admirably preserves its characteristics, especially in the abbey church, with three naves and a transept with a dome, upon which open four circular apsidioles beside the large central one. At its side is the cloister, with round arches and decorated capitals, and mullioned windows beside the chapter house, whose vaults rest on columns with carved capitals. The abbey buildings were restored in the 18th century. The abbey, suppressed by the Revolution and restored in 1854, was reoccupied by the Cistercians in 1925.