Regierungsgebäude des Kantons St. Gallen

Regierungsgebäude des Kantons St. Gallen is a government building in Saint Gallen, St. Gallen. Regierungsgebäude des Kantons St. Gallen is situated nearby to the prison Kantonales Untersuchungsgefängnis, as well as near the community center Hofkeller.

Opening hours: Monday—Friday 7:30 AM—11:30 AM and 1:30 PM—5:00 PM
Type: Government building
Address: 3, Klosterhof, St. Gallen, 9001
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey of Saint Gall and Abbey Library.

Abbey of Saint Gall

Monastery

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage.

Abbey Library

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Abbey library of St Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 1983, the library, as well as the Abbey of St Gall, were designated a World Heritage Site, as "an outstanding example of a large Carolingian monastery and was, since the 8th century until its secularisation in 1805, one of the most important cultural centres in Europe". Abbey Library is situated 180 metres southwest of Regierungsgebäude des Kantons St. Gallen.