Abbey of Saint Gall

Local nameStiftsbezirk
LocationSt. Gallen, Switzerland

The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. It became an independent principality between 9th and 13th centuries, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. The library of the Abbey is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world.The city of St. Gallen originated as an adjoining settlement of the abbey. The abbey was secularized around 1800, and in 1848 its former church became St. Gallen Cathedral, the seat of the Diocese of Saint Gallen. Since 1983 the abbey precinct has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Saint_Gall

Official website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/268

Email info@sg.kath.ch

Phone +41 71 224 05 50

Address Klosterhof 6B, 9000 St Gallen, Switzerland

Coordinates 47°25'24.018" N 9°22'39.362" E

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