Valloires Abbey

Abbaye de Valloires
Religion
AffiliationCatholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusAbbey
Year consecrated1226
Location
LocationArgoules, France
Geographic coordinates50°20′54″N 1°49′08″E / 50.3484°N 1.8188°E / 50.3484; 1.8188
Architecture
Groundbreaking1226
Completed1756
Specifications
Direction of façadeEast
Length49,5 meters
Width (nave)9 meters
Height (max)16,5 meters

Valloires Abbey is a 12th-century Cistercian abbey situated in the commune of Argoules in the Somme department of France. The Abbey de Valloires is also the burial place of the Comte de Ponthieu with nearly every Count from the 12th to the 14th centuries buried there.


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