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abbazia di Saint-Martin a Ligugé

Ligugé, Italy

abbazia di Saint-Martin a Ligugé

Ligugé Abbey, formally called the Abbey of St. Martin of Ligugé (French: Abbaye Saint-Martin de Ligugé), is a French Benedictine monastery in the Commune of Ligugé, located in the Department of Vienne. The monastery, founded in 361, is the oldest monastery known in western Europe. The original abbey

having been destroyed during the French Revolution, the current monastic community dates from 1853, and belongs to the Solesmes Congregation.

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