Castagniers Abbey
Castagniers Abbey is a Cistercian nunnery, in Castagniers, 12 km from Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes departement in southwestern France. In 1865, Dom Marie-Bernard Barnouin, restorer of Sénanque Abbey, founded a Cistercian community for women in Mane in the diocese of Digne, and in 1869, another in Reillanne, the Abbaye de Notre-Dame des Prés.Photo: Bebekoualy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey located in Alpes-Maritimes, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Paix” and “Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Paix de Castagniers”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Castagniers and Église Saint-Michel de Castagniers.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Castagniers
Church
Photo: Bebekoualy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Castagniers is a church.
Église Saint-Michel de Castagniers
Church
Photo: Jpchevreau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Michel de Castagniers is a church, which is situated 1¼ km south of Castagniers Abbey.
Église Saint-Jacques d’Aspremont
Church
Photo: Eponimm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Jacques d’Aspremont is a church, which is situated 2 km southeast of Castagniers Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aspremont and Saint-Blaise.
Aspremont
Village
Photo: Eponimm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aspremont is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Saint-Blaise
Village
Photo: Jpchevreau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Blaise is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in southeastern France.
Tourrette-Levens
Village
Photo: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tourrette-Levens is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Tourrette-Levens is situated 3½ km southeast of Castagniers Abbey.
Castagniers Abbey
- Categories: abbey and religion
- Location: Castagniers, Arrondissement of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.80134° or 43° 48′ 5″ northLongitude
7.23193° or 7° 13′ 55″ eastElevation
388 metres (1,273 feet)Open location code
8FM9R62J+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1732863382OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monastery
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Castagniers Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “Abbaye de Castagniers”
- French: “Abbaye Notre Dame de la Paix de Castagniers”
- French: “Abbaye Notre Dame de la Paix”
- French: “abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Castagniers”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Castagniers”
- German: “Zisterzienserinnenabtei Castagniers”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Plane and Le Portion.
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