Visit free of the abbey of Prémontrés

Name: Visit free of the abbey of Prémontrés
Start: 2018-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye des Prémontrés

Come discover the Abbey of Prémontrés, historical monument of the XVIIIth century. Considered as the most beautiful example of monastic architecture of Lorraine, it is a Cultural centre today.

Sunday 16 September 2018, 10:00Passed

Conditions

Freeness(Wantoness) only on Sunday, June 16th, 2018

During your visit, you will be able to admire three remarkable staircases as well as a cloister puts on galleries on which give the historic rooms, among which the room of Chauffoir and the Refectory of the canons. Unusually, the crypt will be visible and the open library(bookcase).
With its 2 hectares of green areas, the abbey will know how to delight the amateurs of gardens with the garden of the cloister and that of the main courtyard, newly redeveloped in French-style garden.

About the location

Abbaye des Prémontrés

9 rue Saint-Martin, 54700 Pont-à-Mousson

Meurthe-et-Moselle
Grand Est

The Abbey of Prémontrés, historical monument of the XVIIIth century, is considered as the most beautiful example of monastic architecture of Lorraine. Built from 1705 till 1735, the abbey is rich in a long and animated history(story). In the past monastery of the canons in the order of Prémontrés up to French Revolution, then Small diocésain Seminary(Seminar) in the XIXth century, civil hospital from 1912 then serviceman during both World wars, the abbey was finally almost totally destroyed by the bombardments of September, 1944 and left with the state of ruins during almost 20 years. Thanks to the commitment of some fervent defenders of heritage, the Monument is saved from destruction and restored entirely in 1960s. Only the chorus(choir) of the minster is left in the state. It is the object of a construction site(work) of restoration(catering) initiated in 2014.
Since 1964, the Abbey is entirely managed by an Association (nonprofitable) law 1901 which gives it a new breath by transforming it into Cultural centre, today seen frequently by 90 000 visitors a year. Throughout the year, the Abbey of Prémontrés presents a rich cultural programme planning(programming) and various mixing(involving) exhibitions(exposures), concerts, theatre, conferences, thematic events, cultural meetings are also organised every year, of thematic exhibitions(exposures) and of contemporary art, giving priority to the emphasising of Lorraine know-how, sometimes unfairly misread(underestimated). Since 2009, summer exhibitions(exposures) go on in the splendid case of the garden of scents.