Longues Abbey
Longues Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Longues-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France. It was founded in 1168 by Hugh Wac, of a family that owned Rubercy and other lands in the Cotentin, and was generously supported by gifts from the English and Norman nobility, and from King Henry II.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: abbey located in Calvados, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye Sainte-Marie”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église de l’abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues and Église Saint-Laurent de Longues-sur-Mer.
Église de l’abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues
Church
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Église de l’abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues is a church.
Église Saint-Laurent de Longues-sur-Mer
Church
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Église Saint-Laurent de Longues-sur-Mer is a church, which is situated 320 metres north of Longues Abbey.
Église Saint-Laurent de Marigny
Ruins
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Église Saint-Laurent de Marigny is a ruins, which is situated 650 metres northwest of Longues Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longues-sur-Mer and Commes.
Longues-sur-Mer
Village
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Longues-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandie region in northwestern France. The Longues-sur-Mer battery is nearby, part of the Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications.
Commes
Village
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Commes is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Commes is situated 3 km west of Longues Abbey.
Manvieux
Village
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Manvieux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Manvieux is situated 3 km east of Longues Abbey.
Longues Abbey
- Categories: abbey, monastery, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Longues-sur-Mer, Arrondissement of Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.33256° or 49° 19′ 57″ northLongitude
-0.69819° or 0° 41′ 54″ westElevation
39 metres (128 feet)Inception
12th centuryOpen location code
8CXX88M2+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 4875713287OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicGeoNames ID
12493524Wikidata ID
Q2820472
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In Other Languages
From French to Western Frisian—“Longues Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Longues”
- French: “abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues”
- French: “Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Longues”
- French: “Sainte-Marie de Longues”
- Western Frisian: “Abdij fan Longues-sur-Mer”
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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 “Longues Abbey”. Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.