Tournay Abbey
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Exterior of Tournay Abbey
Tournay Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Tournay) is an active Benedictine monastery in Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées, France.
A priory was first established on the site in the 11th century, which became an abbey in the 17th century. It was suppressed during the French Revolution.
A new abbey was founded in the 1930s in Madiran and was transferred to Tournay in 1952, the year after construction of a new monastery. The building was completed in 1958.
The abbey remains active and houses a community of approximately 20 monks.
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- Abbaye Notre-Dame de Tournay (in French)
Coordinates: 43°10′48″N 0°14′43″E / 43.1800°N 0.2453°E
Categories:
- Benedictine monasteries in France
- Buildings and structures in Hautes-Pyrénées
- French Christian monastery stubs