Pontigny Abbey
Pontigny Abbey, the church of which in recent decades has also been the cathedral of the Mission de France, otherwise the Territorial Prelature of Pontigny, was a Cistercian monastery located in Pontigny on the River Serein, in the present diocese of Sens and department of Yonne, Burgundy, France.Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey located in Yonne, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye de Pontigny”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abbatiale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Edme de Pontigny and Église Saint-Pierre de Venouse.
Abbatiale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Edme de Pontigny
Church
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abbatiale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Edme de Pontigny is a church.
Église Saint-Pierre de Venouse
Church
Photo: Thomon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Pierre de Venouse is a church, which is situated 3 km southwest of Pontigny Abbey.
Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Ligny-le-Châtel
Church
Photo: Leseb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Ligny-le-Châtel is a church, which is situated 3½ km east of Pontigny Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Venouse and Ligny-le-Châtel.
Venouse
Village
Photo: Thomon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Venouse is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Venouse is situated 3 km southwest of Pontigny Abbey.
Ligny-le-Châtel
Village
Photo: Leseb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ligny-le-Châtel is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Ligny-le-Châtel is situated 3½ km east of Pontigny Abbey.
Rouvray
Village
Photo: Thomon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rouvray is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March died at Rouvray in 1360. Rouvray is situated 3½ km west of Pontigny Abbey.
Pontigny Abbey
- Categories: abbey, Cistercian monastery, building, and religion
- Location: Pontigny, Arrondissement of Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.90999° or 47° 54′ 36″ northLongitude
3.7138° or 3° 42′ 50″ eastElevation
117 metres (384 feet)Open location code
8FV5WP57+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 107716639OpenStreetMap feature
building=monastery
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Swedish—“Pontigny Abbey” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Панціньі”
- Catalan: “abadia de Pontigny”
- Czech: “Klášter Pontigny”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Pontigny”
- French: “abbaye de Pontigny”
- French: “Abbaye de Pontigny”
- German: “Kloster Pontigny”
- Greek: “Αββαείο του Ποντινί”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Pontigny”
- Italian: “abbazia di Pontigny”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Pontigny”
- Japanese: “ポンティニー修道院”
- Latin: “Pontiniacum”
- Polish: “Opactwo Pontigny”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Pontigny”
- Romanian: “Abația Pontigny”
- Russian: “Понтиньи”
- Slovenian: “opatija Pontigny”
- Spanish: “abadia de Pontigny”
- Spanish: “abadía de Pontigny”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Pontigny”
- Swedish: “Pontignys kloster”
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