page_title: Lyse Abbey
hierarchical_section_title: Lyse Abbey
caption_attribution_description: View of the Lysekloster Monastery yard though the remains of the cloister, facing south-east
context_page_description: Lyse Abbey or Saint Mary's Abbey, Lyse, is a now-ruined Cistercian monastery in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county in south-western Norway. The name "Lyse" is derived from the Lysefjorden, "the fjord of light", near which the building stood. The abbey lies at the southern base of the Lyshornet mountain.
context_section_description: Lyse Abbey or Saint Mary's Abbey, Lyse (Norwegian: Lyse kloster, Lyse Mariakloster), is a now-ruined Cistercian monastery in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county in south-western Norway.  The name "Lyse" is derived from the Lysefjorden, "the fjord of light", near which the building stood.  The abbey lies at the southern base of the Lyshornet mountain.
caption: View of the monastery courtyard through the remains of the cloister, facing south-east
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