Notre Dame d'Aulps abbey

  • Historic site and monument
  • Ruins and remains
  • Historic patrimony
  • Archeological site
  • Religious heritage
  • Abbey
  • Classified
  • 11th C
  • 12th C
Elevation : 807m
961 route de l'Abbaye, 74430 Saint-Jean-d'Aulps
Founded in about 1095 by monks that came from the Molesne abbey in Burgundy, the abbey affiliated itself to the Cistercians in 1136 after which it became one of the most powerful in medieval Savoie due its income from property rights.
A crossroads for the great spiritual ideas of the late 11th century, a meeting place for saints and a crucible for monastic reform, it was from the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy that a group of monks set off around 1094. Their destination? A small possession of the Counts of Savoy: the Vallée d'Aulps (Vallée des Alpages in Latin), with the aim of founding a monastery in line with their spiritual ideal: "a laboratory of monasticism", as it were, more clearly oriented towards eremitism than...

Services

Services

Hearing disability
Mental disability
Visual disability
Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
Incline >5% but reasonable
Permanent exhibition
Temporary exhibition
Restaurant
Free car park
Coach parking
Bicycle parking
Parking

Documentation

Documentation

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Groups (Max capacity)

Groups (Max capacity)
  • 50 Maximum number of people

Openings

Openings

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Saturday
Closed

Sunday
Closed

Monday
14:00 - 18:30

Tuesday
14:00 - 18:30

Wednesday
14:00 - 18:30

Thursday
14:00 - 18:30

Friday
14:00 - 18:30

Saturday
Closed

Sunday
14:00 - 18:30

Monday
10:00 - 19:00

Tuesday
10:00 - 19:00

Wednesday
10:00 - 19:00

Thursday
10:00 - 19:00

Friday
10:00 - 19:00

Saturday
10:00 - 19:00

Sunday
10:00 - 19:00

Monday
14:00 - 18:30

Tuesday
14:00 - 18:30

Wednesday
14:00 - 18:30

Thursday
14:00 - 18:30

Friday
14:00 - 18:30

Saturday
Closed

Sunday
14:00 - 18:30

Monday
14:00 - 18:30

Tuesday
14:00 - 18:30

Wednesday
14:00 - 18:30

Thursday
14:00 - 18:30

Friday
14:00 - 18:30

Saturday
Closed

Sunday
Closed

Monday
14:00 - 18:30

Tuesday
14:00 - 18:30

Wednesday
14:00 - 18:30

Thursday
14:00 - 18:30

Friday
14:00 - 18:30

Saturday
Closed

Sunday
14:00 - 18:30

Medias

Medias

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Location

Location

Notre Dame d'Aulps abbey
Elevation : 807m
961 route de l'Abbaye, 74430 Saint-Jean-d'Aulps

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • English
  • French
Updated on 10 December 2024 at 17:14
by Conseil Départemental de la Haute-Savoie
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