Dominican Convent of Mary's Refuge

Weesen, Switzerland · built 1201

Weesen Abbey (Dominikanerinnenkloster Maria Zuflucht, ODSHLT) is a monastery of Dominican nuns located in Weesen in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The Dominican convent is located at the foot of a terraced hillside in the middle of the town of Weesen on the effluence of the Maag respectively Linth from Walensee. Established in 1256, Weesen is the oldest Dominican friary of nuns in Switzerland. The buildings and the library (about 8, 400 works) respectively archives are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance.

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