Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey or Gellone Abbey is a Benedictine abbey in Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Hérault in France. It was founded in 804 by an Aquitanian aristocrat of the Carolingian era, William of Gellone, known in Occitan as 'Guilhelm'.
- Catholic church
- …lies at an elevation of 143 metres (469 feet)
- Description: abbey located in Hérault, in France
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Laurent de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert and Tower of the Prisons.
Église Saint-Laurent de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
Ruins
Église Saint-Laurent de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert is a ruins, which is situated 350 metres east of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey.
Tower of the Prisons
Tower
Tower of the Prisons is situated 220 metres east of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey.
Ancien moulin de l’abbaye
Watermill
Ancien moulin de l’abbaye is a watermill, which is situated 1 km south of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Jean-de-Fos.
Saint-Jean-de-Fos
Village
Saint-Jean-de-Fos is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Saint-Jean-de-Fos is situated 3½ km south of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey.
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey
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Latitude
43.73388° or 43° 44′ 2″ north
Longitude
3.54939° or 3° 32′ 58″ east
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Saint-Guilhem-le-Déserteko abadia”
- Catalan: “abadia de Sant Guilhèm dau Desèrt”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Sant Guilhèm dau Desèrt”
- Czech: “Klášter Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert”
- Dutch: “abbaye de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert”
- French: “abbaye de Gellone”
- French: “Abbaye de Gellone”
- French: “abbaye de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert”
- German: “Kloster Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert”
- Hungarian: “Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert apátság”
- Indonesian: “Keabasan Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert”
- Japanese: “ジェローン修道院”
- Latin: “Abbatia Gellonensis”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Abadiá de Gelòna”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Abadiá de Sant Guilhèm dau Desèrt”
- Slovak: “Kláštor Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert”
- Spanish: “abadia de Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert”
- Spanish: “abadía de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert”
- Turkish: “Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert Abbey”
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