St-Maurice Monastery

Welcoming visitors is very important to the monastery of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune. Aware of its special historical and cultural significance, the abbey recently decided to open its doors to the public. Discover this 1,500-year-old religious community which, as if by miracle, has survived the ravages of time and is now seen as a unique witness of spiritual activity. In Saint-Maurice you enter the oldest active monastic settlement in the Western Christian world.