Chancelade Abbey
Chancelade Abbey is an Augustinian monastery in Chancelade in the Dordogne. It was founded in 1129. The abbey was damaged by English troops in the 14th century during the Hundred Years' War and again by Protestants in the 16th century during the French Wars of Religion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey located in Dordogne, in France
- Also known as: “Our-Lady of the Assumption Chancelade abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Our Lady of the Assumption abbey church in Chancelade and Chapelle Saint-Jean.
Chapelle Saint-Jean
Chapel
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Chapelle Saint-Jean is situated 110 metres west of Chancelade Abbey.
Périgueux station
Railway station
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The Gare de Périgueux is the railway station in the town of Périgueux, in the Dordogne department in France. The station opened in 1857 and is located on the Limoges-Bénédictins - Périgueux and Coutras - Tulle railway lines. Périgueux station is situated 4 km southeast of Chancelade Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marsac-sur-l’Isle and Coulounieix-Chamiers.
Marsac-sur-l’Isle
Village
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Marsac-sur-l'Isle is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Marsac-sur-l’Isle is situated 3 km south of Chancelade Abbey.
Coulounieix-Chamiers
Village
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Coulounieix-Chamiers is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a suburb of Périgueux. Coulounieix-Chamiers is situated 3 km southeast of Chancelade Abbey.
Périgueux
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Périgueux is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Périgueux is the prefecture of Dordogne, and was the capital city of the historic region of Périgord.
Chancelade Abbey
- Categories: abbey and religion
- Location: Chancelade, Arrondissement of Périgueux, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.20704° or 45° 12′ 25″ northLongitude
0.66738° or 0° 40′ 3″ eastElevation
130 metres (427 feet)Open location code
8FQ26M48+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 871669418OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monastery
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Chancelade Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de chancelade”
- French: “abbaye de Chancelade”
- French: “abbaye Notre-Dame de Chancelade”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame de Chancelade”
- German: “Abtei Chancelade”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Chancelade”
- Spanish: “abadía Nuestra-Señora de la Asunción en Chancelade”
- Spanish: “Abadía Nuestra-Señora de la Asunción en Chancelade”
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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 “Chancelade Abbey”. Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.