Troarn Abbey
Troarn Abbey or Abbey Saint-Martin de Troarn was a Benedictine abbey in the French town of Troarn, now in the Calvados department of Lower Normandy. It was dedicated to Martin of Tours and founded by Roger I of Montgomery using twelve monks from Fécamp Abbey in 1022, as a satellite of that house.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: abbey located in Calvados, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye Saint-Martin”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Sainte-Croix de Troarn and Église Saint-Pair de Saint-Pair.
Église Sainte-Croix de Troarn
Church
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Sainte-Croix de Troarn is a church, which is situated 190 metres northwest of Troarn Abbey.
Église Saint-Pair de Saint-Pair
Church
Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Pair de Saint-Pair is a church, which is situated 1½ km south of Troarn Abbey.
Manoir de Tourpes
Castle
Photo: Roi.dagobert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manoir de Tourpes is a castle, which is situated 2 km north of Troarn Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Troarn and Saint-Samson.
Troarn
Village
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Troarn is a commune in the Calvados of the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Saline, but this merger was undone on 31 December 2019.
Saint-Samson
Village
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Samson is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Saint-Pair
Village
Photo: Buff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Pair is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Troarn Abbey
- Categories: abbey, building, monastery, historic site, and religion
- Location: Troarn, Arrondissement of Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.18156° or 49° 10′ 54″ northLongitude
-0.17752° or 0° 10′ 39″ westInception
13th centuryOpen location code
8CXX5RJC+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 287041530OpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryWikidata ID
Q663829
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In Other Languages
From French to Latin—“Troarn Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye Saint-Martin de Troarn”
- French: “Abbaye Saint-Martin de Troarn”
- Japanese: “トロアーン修道院”
- Latin: “Troarnum”
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Highlights include Centre des Finances publiques and Mairie de Troarn.
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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 “Troarn Abbey”. Photo: Koreus, Public domain.