Saint-Sauveur Priory (Melun)
The Saint-Sauveur priory in Melun , a French city and seat of the prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department , was built in the 11th century. The former priory on Rue de Saint-Étienne has been classified as a Monument historique since 1946 .
history
The priory was founded under Robert II . In 1170 it was donated by Louis VII to the Abbey of Saint-Séverin in Château-Landon . Finally, in 1690, the Saint-Sauveur priory came into the possession of the Collégiale Notre-Dame in Melun. The canons gave up the priory at the end of the 17th century and used the building as a salt store. After the revolution , the buildings were divided among different owners and used as workshops and apartments. In 1974 the city of Melun bought the remains of the former priory and had the church ruins and the crypt under the choir restored.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 863-864.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Priory of Saint-Sauveur in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '10.5 " N , 2 ° 39' 28.3" E