Hautecombe Abbey [SEP] religious order
Hautecombe Abbey
Hautecombe Abbey () is a former Cistercian monastery, later a Benedictine monastery, in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille near Aix-les-Bains in Savoy, France. For centuries it was the burial place of the members of the House of Savoy. It is visited by 150,000 tourists yearly.
History.
The origins of Hautecombe lie in a religious community which was founded about 1101 in a narrow valley (or "combe") near Lake Bourget by hermits from Aulps Abbey, near Lake
the sources). This geography of the habitat seems frozen until the end of the 19th century. In Aix, the nearby Abbey of Hautecombe owned a large area at the heights of Saint Simond.
At the beginning of the 16th century, the ancient church suffered a devastating fire. The Aix people requested the help of in order to rebuild. He was a seigneurial family member of the town, and was raised to the episcopal dignity. He was the Bishop of Albi, and an especially special advisor to the King