About Tamié Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Tamié) in Plancherine, France:
Abbaye de Tamié (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Tamié) is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1132, as a daughter house of Bonnevaux Abbey. The founder was Peter of Tarentaise, who was also the first abbot. The abbey adopted the reforms initiated by Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé in 1677. In 1797, during the French revolution, the community was forced to leave the premises and the buildings and land were sold to individuals.
In 1835, king Charles X bought the monastery back and donated it to the bishop of Chambéry to establish pious works there. Finally, in 1861, Trappist monks from the Grace-Dieu Abbey in Besancon bought the monastery and returned to establish a new community.
It continues today as a Trappist community of 30 monks, famous for its cheese, also called Abbaye de Tamié.
Traveling to Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Tamié in Plancherine, France:
The Abbey is located in the Bauges mountain range in the Savoie region in southeastern France.
Address: 1242 Chemin du Monastère, 73200 Plancherine, France
Phone: +33 4 79 31 15 50
Click here for the official website of Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Tamié