🏛️ Abbey of Saint Gall

Switzerland · Europe · Cultural · 47.42°N, 9.38°E

The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) 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.

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Quick facts

Country	Switzerland
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	47.42°N, 9.38°E · view on map

Abbey of Saint Gall is a cultural World Heritage site in Switzerland, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Abbey of Saint Gall was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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