Hautecombe Abbey
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Hautecombe Abbey (French: Abbaye d'Hautecombe, French pronunciation: [otkɔ̃b]; Latin: Altaecumbaeum) is a former Cistercian monastery, later a Benedictine monastery, in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille in Savoie, France. For centuries it was the burial place of the members of the House of Savoy. It is visited by 150,000 tourists annually.
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Other names | Abbaye Royale d'Hautecombe Abbazia Reale di Altacomba |
Order | Benedictine |
Established | c. 1101 |
Disestablished | 1790–1826 |
Mother house | Clairvaux (1125–1790) Consolata (1826–1864) Sénanque (1864–1922) Solesmes (1922–1992) |
Dedicated to | Mary, Saint Irene, Saint Andrew the Apostle |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise |
People | |
Founder(s) | Amadeus III, Count of Savoy |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Monument historique |
Site | |
Location | Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille, Savoy, France |
Website | Hautecombe Abbey |
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