Montmartre Abbey
in Paris-18E-Arrondissement, FranceCategory: Attraction
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The Montmartre Abbey (French: Abbaye de Montmartre) was a 12th-century Benedictine abbey established in the Montmartre district of Paris within the Diocese of Paris.In 1133, King Louis VI purchased the Church of Saint Peter of Montmartre in order to establish the Abbey and rebuild the Merovingian church. The rebuilt church was consecrated by Pope Eugenius III in 1147, in a splendid royal ceremony where Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter, Abbot of Cluny acted as acolytes.The abbey itself was closed down in 1790, sold in 1794 and demolished during the French Revolution though the adjoining church itself, Saint-Pierre de Montmartre, survived as Montmartre parochial church. All what remains of the abbey are a vineyard and Saint Pierre de Montmartre, the oldest church in Paris.
