Mondaye Abbey
Mondaye Abbey is a French Premonstratensian abbey in the Bessin countryside at Juaye-Mondaye, Calvados, nine miles to the south of Bayeux. Founded in 1200, it is the only Premonstratensian house still active in Normandy, with two dependent priories at Conques and Tarbes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: abbey located in Calvados, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye Saint-Martin de Mondaye”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town hall of Juaye-Mondaye and Église Saint-Vigor de Juaye.
Town hall of Juaye-Mondaye
Town hall
Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Town hall of Juaye-Mondaye is situated 250 metres northeast of Mondaye Abbey.
Église Saint-Vigor de Juaye
Ruins
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Vigor de Juaye is a ruins, which is situated 1 km northwest of Mondaye Abbey.
Town hall of Ellon
Town hall
Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Town hall of Ellon is situated 1½ km northeast of Mondaye Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Juaye and Couvert.
Mondaye Abbey
- Categories: abbey, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, and religion
- Location: Juaye-Mondaye, Arrondissement of Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.20666° or 49° 12′ 24″ northLongitude
-0.68786° or 0° 41′ 16″ westElevation
103 metres (338 feet)Inception
18th centuryOpen location code
8CXX6846+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 230017916OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Mondaye Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “abbaye de Mondaye”
- Chinese: “Mondaye Abbey”
- Chinese: “Mondaye修道院”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Mondaye”
- French: “abbaye de Mondaye”
- French: “Abbaye de Mondaye”
- French: “abbaye Saint-Martin de Juaye-Mondaye”
- French: “abbaye Saint-Martin de Mondaye de Juaye-Mondaye”
- French: “Mondaye”
- German: “Prämonstratenserabtei Mondaye”
Localities in the Area
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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 “Mondaye Abbey”. Photo: Goéland, Public domain.