Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou
The abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou is a monastery built in 1009 in the Pyrenees of Northern Catalonia on Canigó mountain in present-day southern France near the Spanish border. Pau Casals wrote a composition entitled "Sant Martí del Canigó" for Orchestra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey located in Pyrénées-Orientales, in France
- Also known as: “Saint-Martin-du-Canigou” and “Sant Martí del Canigó”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Martin-le-Vieux de Casteil and Église Saint-Martin de Casteil.
Église Saint-Martin-le-Vieux de Casteil
Church
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Église Saint-Martin-le-Vieux de Casteil is a church, which is situated 290 metres northwest of Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou.
Église Saint-Martin de Casteil
Church
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Église Saint-Martin de Casteil is a church, which is situated 620 metres northwest of Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou.
Castell de Vernet cemetery
Cemetery
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Castell de Vernet cemetery is situated 700 metres northwest of Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Casteil and Vernet-les-Bains.
Casteil
Village
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Casteil is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, part of the historical Conflent comarca. The abbey Martin-du-Canigou is located above Casteil.
Vernet-les-Bains
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Vernet-les-Bains is a village in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in south-west France. It is in the Pyrenées Orientales department. Some guidebooks make it sound as if its attractions were somehow in the past but it has features that make it special today as a place to stay for a week or more in a stunningly beautiful mountain area.
Sahorre
Village
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Sahorre is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Sahorre is situated 3½ km west of Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou.
Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou
- Categories: abbey and religion
- Location: Casteil, Arrondissement of Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Canigóko San Martin abadia”
- Catalan: “Sant Martí del Canigó”
- Czech: “Klášter Saint-Martin du Canigou”
- French: “abbaye Saint-Martin du Canigou”
- French: “Abbaye Saint-Martin du Canigou”
- French: “abbaye Saint-Martin-du-Canigou de Casteil”
- French: “Sant Martí del Canigó”
- German: “Abbaye Saint-Martin du Canigou”
- German: “Abtei Saint-Martin du Canigou”
- Japanese: “サン＝マルタン・デュ・カニグー修道院”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de San Martín del Canigó”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de São Martinho do Canigou”
- Slovak: “Kláštor Saint-Martin du Canigou”
- Spanish: “abadia de San Martin del Canigo”
- Spanish: “abadía de San Martín del Canigó”
- Spanish: “Abadía de San Martín del Canigó”
- Swedish: “Saint-Martin du Canigou”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sahorre and Fillols.
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