Abbaye de Faverney

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Notre Dame de Faverney Abbey is a building protected from historical monuments located in Faverney, Haute-Saône. It hosted a monastery of Benedictine nuns between 747 and 1132, then a monastery of Benedictine monks of the Chaire-Dieu from 1137 to 1789. The first traces of the abbey date back to the eighth century. Of Benedictine obedience, it was given to the monks of La Chaise-Dieu in 1132. The abbey underwent several reconstruction campaigns, notably in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Some 17th-century buildings are the work of architect Vincent Duchesne. Sold as a national property in 1789, and partly dismantled, it underwent reconstruction campaigns in the 19th and 20th centuries. From 1911 to 1967, it was the seat of the seminary of Philosophy. The church has been classified as historical monuments since 1846, while the buildings of the former Abbey have been listed since 1996. It was erected as a basilica by Pope Pius X in 1912.

Location: On the banks of the Lantern, tributary of the Saône, it is located in the middle of the village of Faverney 20 km northwest of Vesoul, capital of the department of Haute-Saône, in the canton of Port sur Saône, in the region...