Savoie
Arrondissement of Chambéry
Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille

Hautecombe (Cistercian Abbey)

Hautecombe Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery, later a Benedictine monastery, in in , . For centuries it was the burial place of the members of the House of Savoy. It is visited by 150,000 tourists annually.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: abbey located in Savoie, in France
  • Also known as: “Abbaye de Hautecombe” and “Hautecombe Abbey”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tunnel de Brison.

Tower
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is a tower, which is situated 2½ km east of Hautecombe (Cistercian Abbey).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jongieux and Lucey.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in south-eastern . is situated 3½ km southwest of Hautecombe (Cistercian Abbey).

Village
Photo: Jean-Paul Corlin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in south-eastern . is situated 4 km west of Hautecombe (Cistercian Abbey).

Village
Photo: Semnoz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in southeastern . Since January 2017, the commune has formed part of the conurbation of Grand Lac, following the fusion of the former Communauté de communes de Chautagne into this larger agglomeration. is situated 4½ km north of Hautecombe (Cistercian Abbey).

Hautecombe (Cistercian Abbey)

Latitude
45.7536° or 45° 45′ 13″ north
Longitude
5.83879° or 5° 50′ 20″ east
Elevation
255 metres (837 feet)
Operator
Chemin Neuf Community
Open location code
8FQ7QR3Q+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 95804705
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­abbey
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
11154385
Wiki­data ID
Q63524
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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Ukrainian—“Hautecombe (Cistercian Abbey)” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: “Abayie d’Hôtacomba”
  • Arpitan: “Môtier de Hôtacomba”
  • Azerbaijani: “Otkomb Abbatstvo”
  • Belarusian: “абацтва Аткомб”
  • Catalan: “abadia d’Hautecombe”
  • Chinese: “欧特孔布修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Hautecombe”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Hautecombe”
  • Esperanto: “Abatejo Hautecombe”
  • French: “abbaye d’Hautecombe”
  • French: “Abbaye d’Hautecombe”
  • French: “abbaye de Hautecombe de Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille”
  • French: “abbaye de Hautecombe”
  • French: “abbaye royale d’Hautecombe”
  • Georgian: “ჰოტეკომბის სააბატო”
  • German: “Hautecombe”
  • Greek: “Αββαείο του Ωτκόμπ”
  • Greek: “Βασιλικό Αββαείο του Ωτκόμπ”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר הוטקומב”
  • Hungarian: “Hautecombe apátság”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Altacomba”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Altacomba”
  • Japanese: “アルトコンバ（オートコンブ）修道院”
  • Japanese: “オートコンブ修道院”
  • Japanese: “オートコンブ王立修道院”
  • Korean: “오트콩브 수도원”
  • Latin: “Altacumba”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hautecombe kloster”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “abadiá d’Autacomba”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “abadiá reiala d’Autacomba”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Hautecombe”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Hautecombe”
  • Russian: “аббатство Откомб”
  • Russian: “Откомб”
  • Slovak: “Kláštor Hautecombe”
  • Spanish: “abadia de Hautecombe”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Hautecombe”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Hautecombe”
  • Swedish: “Hautecombes kloster”
  • Turkish: “Hautecombe Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Откомбське абатство”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hautecombe (Cistercian Abbey)”. Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.