Lérins Abbey
Lérins Abbey is a Cistercian monastery on the island of Saint-Honorat, one of the Lérins Islands, on the French Riviera, with an active monastic community.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: abbey located in Alpes-Maritimes, in France
- Also known as: “Abbatiale de Lérins”, “Abbaye Saint-Honorat de Lérins”, “Lerins (Abbey)”, “Lérins (Abbey)”, and “Lerins Abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Île Saint-Honorat and Monastère fortifié de l’abbaye de Lérins.
Île Saint-Honorat
Islet
Photo: Jeje42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Île Saint-Honorat is the second-largest of the Lérins Islands, about 1.6 kilometres off shore from the French Riviera city of Cannes. The island is approximately 1.5 kilometres in length and 400 metres wide.
Monastère fortifié de l’abbaye de Lérins
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monastère fortifié de l’abbaye de Lérins is a castle, which is situated 160 metres south of Lérins Abbey.
Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Cannes
Church
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Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Cannes is a church, which is situated 180 metres west of Lérins Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cannes and Golfe-Juan.
Cannes
Photo: Afernand74, CC BY 2.5.
Once a small fishing village on the French Riviera, Cannes is now a glamorous and expensive seaside town of 73,000 people considered to be one of the social hubs of Europe.
Golfe-Juan
Village
Photo: Floflo, Public domain.
Golfe-Juan is a seaside resort on France's Côte d'Azur. The distinct local character of Golfe-Juan is indicated by the existence of a demonym, "Golfe-Juanais", which is applied to its inhabitants. Golfe-Juan is situated 7 km north of Lérins Abbey.
La Pointe de l’Aiguille
La Pointe de l'Aiguille is a natural park next to the city of Théoule-sur-mer in the Alpes-Maritimes.Lérins Abbey
- Categories: Cistercian monastery, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Cannes, Arrondissement of Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.50659° or 43° 30′ 24″ northLongitude
7.04728° or 7° 2′ 50″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8FM9G24W+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 96648916OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Lérins Abbey” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “abadia de Lerins”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Lerins”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Lerins”
- Chinese: “Lérins修道院”
- Chinese: “莱兰修道院”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Lérins”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير ليرينز”
- French: “abbaye cistercienne de Lérins”
- French: “abbaye cistercienne Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde-de-Lérins de Cannes”
- French: “abbaye de Lerins”
- French: “abbaye de lérins”
- French: “abbaye de Lérins”
- French: “abbaye De Lérins”
- French: “Abbaye de Lérins”
- French: “Monastère de Lérins”
- German: “Abtei Lérins”
- Hebrew: “מנזר לרינס”
- Indonesian: “Biara Lérins”
- Italian: “abbazia di Lerino”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Lerino”
- Italian: “Monastero di Lerino”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lerinsklosteret”
- Norwegian: “Lerinsklosteret”
- Persian: “لرینز ابی”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Lérins”
- Romanian: “Abația Lérins”
- Russian: “Леринский монастырь”
- Russian: “Леринское аббатство”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Lérins”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Lérins”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Lerins”
- Ukrainian: “Леринське абатство”
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