Solesmes Abbey
Solesmes Abbey or St. Peter's Abbey, Solesmes is a Benedictine monastery in Solesmes, Sarthe, France, and the source of the restoration of Benedictine monastic life in the country under Dom Prosper Guéranger after the French Revolution.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Religious organization
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: abbey located in Sarthe, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye de Solemes”, “Abbaye de Solesmes”, “Abbey of Solesmes”, “Abbey Saint-Pierre de Solesmes”, “Abbey Saint-Pierre-de-Solesmes”, “Monastery of Saint-Pierre at Solesmes”, “Priory of Solesmes”, and “St. Peter’s Abbey, Solesmes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Solesmes and Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Nid.
Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Solesmes
Church
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Nid
Church
Photo: Grentidez, Public domain.St. Cecilia’s Abbey, Solesmes
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sablé-sur-Sarthe and Poillé-sur-Vègre.
Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Town
Poillé-sur-Vègre
Village
Photo: Eurasia21eu, Public domain.Solesmes Abbey
- Categories: abbey and religion
- Location: Solesmes, Arrondissement of La Flèche, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.85209° or 47° 51′ 8″ north
Longitude
-0.30338° or 0° 18′ 12″ west
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
8CVXVM2W+RM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religious
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Solesmes Abbey” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Solesmesko abadia”
- Bulgarian: “Солемско абатство”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Solesmes”
- Catalan: “Congrégation de France”
- Chinese: “索列米斯本篤修士會”
- Chinese: “索莱姆圣彼得修道院”
- Chinese: “索萊姆聖彼得修道院”
- Czech: “Klášter Solesmes”
- Czech: “Opatství svatého Petra”
- Dutch: “Abdij Saint-Pierre van Solesmes”
- Dutch: “Abdij Sint-Pieter te Solesmes”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Solesmes”
- French: “abbaye de Solesmes”
- French: “abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes”
- French: “Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes”
- German: “Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes”
- German: “Abtei Saint-Pierre de Solesmes”
- German: “Abtei Sankt Peter in Solesmes”
- German: “Benediktinerabtei St. Pierre”
- Italian: “abbazia di Solesmes”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Solesmes”
- Japanese: “ソレーム修道院”
- Lithuanian: “Solemo Šv. Petro abatija”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Solesmes Kloster”
- Persian: “صومعه سولسموس”
- Polish: “Opactwo św. Piotra w Solesmes”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Saint-Pierre de Solesmes”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Solesmes”
- Romanian: “Abația Solesmes”
- Russian: “Солемское аббатство”
- Slovak: “Opátstvo Saint-Pierre de Solesmes”
- Slovenian: “Opatija svetega Petra v Solesmesu”
- Spanish: “Abadia de San Pedro de Solesmes”
- Spanish: “Abadía de San Pedro de Solesmes”
- Spanish: “abadia de Solesmes”
- Spanish: “abadía de Solesmes”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Solesmes”
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