Abbey of Saint Gall

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Benedictine monastery UNESCO World Heritage Site medieval monastery

The Abbey of Saint Gall is a former medieval Benedictine monastery in Switzerland renowned for its exceptionally preserved Carolingian architecture and library, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Abbey of Saint Gall canonical 4
Abbey Library of Saint Gall 3
Abbey of St Gall 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
medieval monastery ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

Carolingian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
currentUse Roman Catholic cathedral complex ⓘ
seat of the Diocese of St. Gallen ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Gall NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved 1805 ⓘ
foundedAs Benedictine monastery ⓘ
foundedBy Saint Othmar NERFINISHED ⓘ
function cultural center ⓘ
intellectual center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
governingBody Canton of St. Gallen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Abbey Library of Saint Gall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cathedral of St. Gallen NERFINISHED ⓘ
monastic complex ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus one of the most important monastic centers in Europe in the Middle Ages ⓘ
inception 8th century ⓘ
libraryCollectionType early printed books ⓘ
incunabula ⓘ
medieval manuscripts ⓘ
libraryName Abbey Library of Saint Gall NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Canton of St. Gallen NERFINISHED ⓘ
City of St. Gallen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn site of the hermitage of Saint Gall ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Gall NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor collection of early medieval manuscripts ⓘ
early medieval monastic plan ⓘ
exceptionally preserved Carolingian architecture ⓘ
medieval monastic library ⓘ
periodOfSignificance Carolingian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousOrder Benedictines NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent foundation around 719 ⓘ
topLevelAdministrativeDivision Canton of St. Gallen NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 268 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 1983 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canton of St. Gallen → knownFor → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
Canton of St. Gallen → knownFor → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbey Library of Saint Gall
Canton of St. Gallen → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
Canton of St. Gallen → hasAbbeyLibrary → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbey Library of Saint Gall
Prince-Bishopric of Constance → borderedBy → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbey of St Gall
St. Gallen → namedAfter → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Gall
St. Gallen → hasHeritageSite → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
St. Gallen → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
St. Gallen → hasPart → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbey Library of Saint Gall
St. Gallen → hasLandmark → Abbey of Saint Gall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cathedral of St. Gallen