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.

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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.