St. Gallen, Kirche St. Georgen

St. Gallen, Kirche St. Georgen is a bus stop in Saint Gallen, St. Gallen. St. Gallen, Kirche St. Georgen is situated nearby to the museum Abbey Library, as well as near the monastery Abbey of Saint Gall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Herz-Jesu-Kirche St. Georgen and Abbey of Saint Gall.

Herz-Jesu-Kirche St. Georgen

Church

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Herz-Jesu-Kirche St. Georgen is a church.

Abbey of Saint Gall

Monastery

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The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. Abbey of Saint Gall is situated 1 km northwest of St. Gallen, Kirche St. Georgen.

Abbey Library

Museum

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The Abbey library of St Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 1983, the library, as well as the Abbey of St Gall, were designated a World Heritage Site, as "an outstanding example of a large Carolingian monastery and was, since the 8th century until its secularisation in 1805, one of the most important cultural centres in Europe". Abbey Library is situated 1 km northwest of St. Gallen, Kirche St. Georgen.