Trappist Monastery Ruins

Canada / Manitoba / Saint Adolphe /
 church, ruins, monastery, catholicism
The Trappist Order from the Abbey of Bellefontaine, France, established a monastery here in l892. The community was named Our Lady of the Prairies. The Romanesque Revival church was built in l903-04 and the connecting monastic wing in l905. Fire gutted the vacated church and residential wing in 1983.
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Coordinates:   49°45'26"N   97°9'12"W

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  • The eastern side of this property is now the location of the St. Norbert Arts Centre. Located in a three storey French Provincial former guest house, the structure which dates from 1912 was spared from destruction in the 1983 fire. The stone ruins of the former church form the core of an eight acre provincial park.
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