Notre-Dame-de-Prouille Monastery, Fanjeaux

Name: Notre-Dame-de-Prouille Monastery
Address: Fanjeaux, France

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The Monastery of Notre-Dame-de-Prouille or Prouilhe, is the "cradle of the Dominicans", where the first Dominican house, a monastery of nuns, was founded in late 1206 or early 1207. It is located in a hamlet in Languedoc, France, lying between Fanjeaux and Bram, at the point where the road from Castelnaudary to Limoux crosses the road from Bram to Mirepoix. ()

Local name: Monastère de Prouilhe Architectural style: Byzantine revivalCoordinates: 43°11'16"N, 2°2'4"E

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Fanjeaux France

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Notre-Dame-de-Prouille Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Villeneuve-lès-Montréal, Eburomagus, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, St. Lawrence Church.

3.9 miE
Locality
Villeneuve-lès-Montréal
100 min walk • Villeneuve-lès-Montréal is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
5.6 miNE
43°14'38"N • 2°6'58"E
Eburomagus, Bram
144 min walk • Museum
~300 ftSE
Church
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Fanjeaux
2 min walk • The church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Fanjeaux is a church located in France in the commune of Fanjeaux, in the department of Aude in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
4.1 miNW
Church
St. Lawrence Church
106 min walk • The Saint-Laurent de Laurac church is a church located in France in the commune of Laurac, in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
5.3 miNE
43°14'27"N • 2°6'39"E
Parc des Essarts, Bram
136 min walk • Art museum, Specialty museum, History museum
3.9 miSE
Church
Église paroissiale Notre-Dame
99 min walk • The church of the Assumption of Mazerolles-du-Razès is a church located in France in the commune of Mazerolles-du-Razès, in the Aude department in the Occitanie region.
5.5 miNE
Church
Église Saint-Julien et Sainte-Basilisse, Bram
142 min walk • The Saints-Julien-et-Basilisse church of Bram is a church located in France in the commune of Bram, in the Aude department in the Occitanie region.
5.5 miE
Locality
Montréal
139 min walk • Montréal is a commune just west of Carcassonne in the Aude department, a part of the ancient Languedoc province and the present-day Occitanie region in southern France.
7.1 miSW
Locality
Malegoude
181 min walk • Malegoude is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.