Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France
Fleury Abbey
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Fleury Abbey, also known as Floriacum, stands in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire in the Loiret department of France, about 35 km south-west of Orléans. Founded around 640, it is one of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries in Western Europe and holds the relics of St Benedict of Nursia. Its Romanesque architecture is a classified historical monument.
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- Built
- Type
- abbey, religious community
- Heritage
- classified historical monument
- Place
- Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France
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