Free visit of the Priory of Saint Bathilde

Name: Free visit of the Priory of Saint Bathilde
Start: 2023-09-16T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:15:00+02:00
Location: Prieuré Sainte-Bathilde

The priory of Sainte-Bathilde de Vanves, monastery of the Benedictine Congregation of Sainte-Bathilde, is the work of the monk-architect Dom Bellot (1876-1944). It was erected between 1934 and 1936.

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entrance. SANITARY PASS MANDATORY (except for the store and participation in Vespers). Sanitary distancing and wearing of the mask mandatory.

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Modern, Dom Bellot uses the technical means of his time (brick, concrete, metal frames) to serve a design that draws its strength in the study and meditation of monastic architectural traditions.
His stripped, rigorous and inventive art invites us to travel to the heart of the mystery of beauty and the mystery of the soul. From there also comes that Dom Bellot is an unparalleled master of the disposition of light.
Free visit with possibility to meet the sisters: church, cloister, chapter room, garden (if good weather).
Because of the health situation, PASS SANITAIRE OBLIGATOIRE. Social distancing and wearing of the mask mandatory.
At the end of the visit, Sunday Vespers sung by the community at 6:30pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
The bookshop will be exceptionally open for this occasion during the hours of visit of the monastery.

About the location

Prieuré Sainte-Bathilde

7 rue d'Issy, 92170 Vanves

Hauts-de-Seine
Île-de-France

Monastery of the Benedictines (1934) built by the architect Dom Paul Bellot, a Benedictine monk who, inspired in an original way by medieval art, knew how to place himself at the crossroads of monastic tradition and architectural modernity. In 2013, the monastery received the label of the religious heritage of the 20th century.