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Monastery or convent · Saorge · Alpes-Maritimes

Monastère de Saorge

Monastère de Saorge is a monastery located in Alpes-Maritimes. It was listed in 1917 as a classé historic monument. Top of the 101 other places within 15 km is Cocathédrale Saint-Michel de Sospel, 15 km off.

Where
In Saorge
inside the commune
Historic monument
1917
Classé historic monument
How well known
Top 15%
#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
May–Oct
highs of 18–27°C
In brief

Monastery or convent in Saorge

In Saorge

Monastère de Saorge is in the commune of Saorge, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Classé historic monument

Protected as a historic monument since 1917; built in the 17th and 18th centuries (Mérimée record PA00080855). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Choosing a month

Highs of 18–27°C mark May to October in Saorge.

Jan9° / -1°82 mm
Feb11° / 0°53 mm
Mar14° / 2°60 mm
Apr16° / 5°94 mm
May20° / 9°78 mm
Jun25° / 12°64 mm
Jul27° / 14°49 mm
Aug27° / 14°57 mm
Sep23° / 11°91 mm
Oct18° / 7°153 mm
Nov13° / 4°165 mm
Dec9° / 0°103 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Saorge, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Tende_Sapc station, 6.9 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Saorge’s full climate →
About

Monastère de Saorge

Type
Monastery or convent
Protection
Classé historic monument · 1917
Built
17th and 18th centuries
Covered in
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Saorge, Alpes-Maritimes
Official site
monastere-saorge.fr
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

Around Monastère de Saorge, mapped

Numbered points are the places near Monastère de Saorge, which is in orange.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Saorge. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

Bases near Monastère de Saorge

Home to 30,604 people, Menton is the largest of these 4. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

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  1. 1Saorge
  2. 2Sospel
  3. 3L'Escarène
  4. 4Menton
1 · It’s in this commune

Saorge

430 people

2 · 15 km southwest of it

Sospel

3,791 people

3 · 23 km southwest of it

L'Escarène

2,585 people

4 · 23 km south of it

Menton

30,604 people

Compare the 4 towns
TownWhere Monastère de Saorge isPeople
SaorgeIt’s in this commune430
Sospel15 km southwest of it3,791
L'Escarène23 km southwest of it2,585
Menton23 km south of it30,604
Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, 2 châteaux and a cathedral.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Monastère de Saorge

Where is Monastère de Saorge?

Monastère de Saorge is in Saorge, in Alpes-Maritimes (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur).

What is Monastère de Saorge?

Monastery located in Alpes-Maritimes, in France.

Is Monastère de Saorge a historic monument?

Yes: Classé historic monument, since 1917, Mérimée record PA00080855.

How well known is Monastère de Saorge?

Monastère de Saorge has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5,252 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Monastère de Saorge?

May to October are the warmest months in Saorge, with afternoon highs of 18–27°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Monastère de Saorge?

Within 15 km: Cocathédrale Saint-Michel de Sospel (15 km), Porte de Gênes (6.1 km), Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines de la Brigue (12 km) and Vieux pont de Sospel (15 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.