Melleray Abbey
Melleray Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, founded about the year 1134. It was situated in La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne in the vicinity of Châteaubriant in Brittany, in the present Loire-Atlantique, France, and in the Diocese of Nantes.Photo: Selbymay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Étienne de La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne and Étang de la Provostière.
Église Saint-Étienne de La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
Church
Photo: Llann Wé², CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Étienne de La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne is a church, which is situated 2 km northwest of Melleray Abbey.
Étang de la Provostière
Pond
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Étang de la Provostière is a pond, which is situated 4 km southeast of Melleray Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trans-sur-Erdre and Petit-Auverné.
Trans-sur-Erdre
Village
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Trans-sur-Erdre is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Trans-sur-Erdre is situated 8 km south of Melleray Abbey.
Petit-Auverné
Village
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Petit-Auverné is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Petit-Auverné is situated 9 km northeast of Melleray Abbey.
Melleray Abbey
- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey located in Loire-Atlantique, in France
- Categories: Trappist monastery and religion
- Location: La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne, Arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Melleray Abbey” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Мельора”
- French: “Abbaye de La Meilleraye”
- French: “abbaye de Melleray”
- French: “Abbaye de Melleraye”
- French: “abbaye Notre-Dame de Melleray”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame de Melleray”
- French: “Notre-Dame de Melleray”
- German: “Kloster Melleray”
- Russian: “Мейре”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Melleray”
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