Sénanque Abbey
Sénanque Abbey is a Cistercian abbey near the village of Gordes in the département of the Vaucluse in Provence, France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: abbey located in Vaucluse, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye de Senanque”, “Abbaye N.-D. de Sénanque”, and “Senanque Abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abbatiale de l’abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque and Village des Bories.
Abbatiale de l’abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque
Church
Photo: Hubert DENIES, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abbatiale de l’abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque is a church.
Village des Bories
Photo: Ampon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Village des Bories is an open-air museum of 20 or so dry stone huts located 1.5 km west of the Provençal village of Gordes, in the Vaucluse department of France. Village des Bories is situated 2½ km south of Sénanque Abbey.
Eglise Saint-Firmin
Church
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Eglise Saint-Firmin is a church, which is situated 2 km southeast of Sénanque Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fontaine-de-Vaucluse and Cabrières-d’Avignon.
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
Village
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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. Its name comes from the spring of the same name; the name Vaucluse itself comes from the Latin phrase vallis clausa or "closed valley". Fontaine-de-Vaucluse is situated 5 km west of Sénanque Abbey.
Cabrières-d’Avignon
Village
Photo: Ampon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cabrières-d'Avignon is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Cabrières-d’Avignon is situated 5 km southwest of Sénanque Abbey.
Saumane-de-Vaucluse
Village
Photo: KoS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saumane-de-Vaucluse is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. In 2018, it had a population of 949. It was the boyhood home of the Marquis de Sade. Saumane-de-Vaucluse is situated 7 km west of Sénanque Abbey.
Sénanque Abbey
- Categories: abbey, Cistercian monastery, monastery, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Gordes, Arrondissement of Apt, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.92832° or 43° 55′ 42″ northLongitude
5.18707° or 5° 11′ 13″ eastElevation
369 metres (1,211 feet)Open location code
8FM7W5HP+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 428659909OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6458928Wikidata ID
Q1245463
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Sénanque Abbey” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Abadia de Senanca”
- Catalan: “abadia de Senhanca”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Senhanca”
- Chinese: “塞南克修道院”
- Czech: “Klášter Sénanque”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Senanque”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Sénanque”
- Esperanto: “Abatejo de Sénanque”
- French: “abbaye de Sénanque”
- French: “abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque”
- French: “Sénanque”
- German: “Abbaye de Sénanque”
- German: “Abtei von Sénanque”
- German: “Kloster Sénanque”
- Indonesian: “Pertapaan Sénanque”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Nostra Signora di Sénanque”
- Italian: “abbazia di Sénanque”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Sénanque”
- Japanese: “セナンク修道院”
- Korean: “세낭크 수도원”
- Latin: “Sinanqua”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Abadia de Senhanca”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Abadiá de Senhanca”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Senhanca”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Sénanque”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Sénanque”
- Russian: “Сенанк”
- Spanish: “Abadia de senanque”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Sénanque”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Senanque”
- Spanish: “abadía de Sénanque”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Sénanque”
- Spanish: “Notre-Dame de Senanque”
- Spanish: “Notre-Dame de Sénanque”
- Swedish: “Sénanqueklostret”
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