Fontenelle Abbey (Saint-Wandrille)
Abbaye Saint-Wandrille
A Benedictine abbey founded in 649 where monks still live. Visitors can attend services and hear Gregorian chant.
Saint-Wandrille Abbey, also known as Fontenelle Abbey, was founded in 649. It is the only ancient abbey on the Seine's Abbeys Route where Benedictine monks still live. The abbey preserves the ruins of a Gothic great church and a cloister. The monks now hold services in a church converted from a Norman barn, and visitors can attend Mass to hear Gregorian chant. The abbey shop sells wax products made by the monks, along with local goods. The cloisters can only be visited on a guided tour, and opening times are posted on the abbey's announcements.
Opening hours
Church open during the day; cloister by guided tour only
Nearby sights
- Jumièges Abbey
- Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey
- Place du Vieux-Marché & Church of St Joan of Arc
- Gros-Horloge, Rouen
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
- Rouen Cathedral & Old Town
- Historial Jeanne d'Arc
- Saint-Maclou Church & Aître Saint-Maclou