Moissac Abbey

Moissac Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in , in south-western France. A number of its medieval buildings survive, including the abbey church, which has a famous and important Romanesque sculpture around the entrance.
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: abbey located in Tarn-et-Garonne, in France
  • Also known as: “Abadia de moissac”, “Abadia de Moissac”, “Abadia de saint pierre de moissac”, “Abadia de Saint Pierre de Moissac”, “Abadía de Saint Pierre de Moissac”, “Abadia de Saint-Pierre de Moissac”, “Abadia de san pedro de moissac”, “Abadia de San Pedro de Moissac”, “Abadía de San Pedro de Moissac”, “Abadia de Sant Pere de de Moissac”, “abbatiale Saint Pierre de Moissac”, “abbatiale Saint-Pierre de Moissac”, “Abbatiale Saint-Pierre et Cloître”, “abbaye de Moissac”, “Abtei Saint-Pierre Neussargues-Moissac”, “Abtei St-Pierre Neussargues-Moissac”, “église Saint-Pierre de Moissac”, “Monestir de Moissac”, “Opatství sv. Petra v Moissacu”, “Saint-Pierre de Moissac”, “Sant Pere de Moissac”, “Timpà de Sant Pere de Moissac”, and “Аббатство Муассак”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église abbatiale de Moissac and Moissac station.

Church
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is a church.

Railway station
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is a railway station in , , France. The station is on the Bordeaux–Sète railway. The station is served by TER services operated by . is situated 690 metres southwest of Moissac Abbey.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 410 metres southeast of Moissac Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boudou and Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in southern . is located near the confluence of the rivers and . is situated 6 km west of Moissac Abbey.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in southern . Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, the founder of the American city of was born here in 1658. is situated 7 km southwest of Moissac Abbey.

Town
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is a commune in the department in region of France. The inhabitants are called Castelsarrasinois. It is the second most populous commune in Tarn-et-Garonne after . is situated 8 km south of Moissac Abbey.

Moissac Abbey

Latitude
44.10564° or 44° 6′ 20″ north
Longitude
1.08479° or 1° 5′ 5″ east
Open location code
8FP3434M+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 427725229
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q334208
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Moissac Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “abadia de Sant Pere de Moissac”
  • Catalan: “Abadia de Sant Pere de Moissac”
  • Chinese: “穆瓦萨克圣伯多禄修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Moissac”
  • Dutch: “Abdij Saint-Pierre van Moissac”
  • Esperanto: “Abatejo Saint-Pierre de Moissac”
  • French: “abbaye Saint-Pierre de Moissac”
  • French: “Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Moissac”
  • German: “Abtei Saint-Pierre”
  • Greek: “Αββαείο του Μουασάκ”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר מואסק”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Moissac”
  • Italian: “abbazia San Pietro di Moissac”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Abadiá de Moissac”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Moissac”
  • Russian: “Аббатство Сен-Пьер”
  • Russian: “Муассак (аббатство)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Saint-Pierre de Moissac”
  • Slovak: “Kláštor Moissac”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan sv. Petra, Moissac”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Moissac”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Moissac”
  • Welsh: “Abaty Moissac”

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