Fontfroide Abbey
Fontfroide Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne near to the Spanish border. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be re-founded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 125 metres (410 feet)
- …dates from the 12th century
- Description: cistercian abbey located near Narbonne, in Aude department of France
- Address: Narbonne
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église de l’abbaye de Fontfroide and Château de Saint-Martin de Toques.
Château de Saint-Martin de Toques
Castle
The Château de Saint-Martin de Toques is a partly… Château de Saint-Martin de Toques is situated 2½ km west of Fontfroide Abbey.
Fontfroide Abbey
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Latitude
43.12763° or 43° 7′ 40″ north
Longitude
2.89859° or 2° 53′ 55″ east
Open location code
8FM44VHX+3C
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Fontfroide Abbey” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Фонфроад”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Fontfreda”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Fontfroide”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Fontfreda”
- Chinese: “丰弗鲁瓦德圣玛丽修道院”
- Chinese: “豐弗魯瓦德聖瑪麗修道院”
- Czech: “Klášter Fontfroide”
- Dutch: “Abdij Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide”
- French: “abbaye de Fontfroide de Narbonne”
- French: “abbaye de Fontfroide”
- French: “Abbaye de Fontfroide”
- French: “abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide”
- French: “Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide”
- French: “Fontfroide”
- German: “Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide”
- German: “Abtei Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide”
- German: “Fontfroide”
- Hebrew: “מנזר פונפרואד”
- Italian: “abbazia di Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide”
- Japanese: “フォントフロイデ修道院”
- Japanese: “フォンフロワド修道院”
- Japanese: “ヨーロッパ・シトー会修道院・遺跡憲章支持派”
- Latin: “Fons Frigidus (abbatia)”
- Latin: “Fons Frigidus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fontfroide Abbey”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Abadiá de Fontfreja”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de fontfroide”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Fontfroide”
- Russian: “Фонфруад (аббатство)”
- Russian: “Фонфруад”
- Scots: “Fontfroide”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Fontfroide”
- Spanish: “Abadia de fontfreda”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Fontfreda”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Fontfreda”
- Spanish: “Abadia de fontfroide”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Fontfroide”
- Spanish: “abadía de Fontfroide”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Fontfroide”
- Spanish: “Abadia de la fontfroide”
- Spanish: “Abadia de la Fontfroide”
- Spanish: “Abadía de la Fontfroide”
- Spanish: “Fontfroide”
- Ukrainian: “Фонфруад”
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