Abbaye Saint-Michel de Kergonan
| monastery, Order of Saint Benedict, catholicism, Roman Catholic church
France /
Bretagne /
Plouharnel /
World
/ France
/ Bretagne
/ Plouharnel
France / World / Bretagne / Morbihan / Lorient / Quiberon
monastery, Order of Saint Benedict, catholicism, Roman Catholic church
Benedictine nuns - Congregation of Solesmes. The Abbey was founded by Saint Cecilia de Solesmes in 1898. It is situated at the entrance of the Quiberon peninsula "to sing the ocean". The monastic community of the Abbey Saint Michel follows the rule of St. Benedict and tries to live the Gospel in fraternal life at all times and all through prayer or personal. The days of the Sisters are divided between Office of Gregorian Chant in Latin,the "lectio divina, prayerful reading of Scripture or Fathers of the Church, prayer and manual labor, all in silence.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 47°35'48"N 3°5'55"W
- Monastère de Saint-François de Cuburien 125 km
- Maillezais Cathedral 224 km
- Sablonceaux Abbey 269 km
- Abbaye Notre-Dame de Maylis 473 km
- Monastery Spanish 525 km
- Cartuja de Miraflores 587 km
- Sobrado dos Monxes Abbey 637 km
- Abadia Retuerta Vineyards 673 km
- Monastery of Aula Dei 677 km
- Monasterio of Santa Maria de Sigena 699 km
- Carnac Megalithic Alignments 1.4 km
- Tumulus of Saint-Michel 2.1 km
- Atlantikwall remains 3.1 km
- Bomb craters 3.1 km
- Atlantikwall remains 3.4 km
- Alignements du Kerlescan 3.9 km
- Alignements de Kerzerho 5.6 km
- Cemetery 9 km
- The Wild coast 10 km
- Quiberon Bay 12 km