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Solesmes ( French pronunciation: [sɔlɛm]) is a commune in the Sarthe department and Pays de la Loire region of north-western France .
The Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes is steeped in 1,000 years of history and is a leading centre for Gregorian chant. Above all, however, it is a living community of Benedictine monks searching for God.
Solesmes Abbey or St. Peter's Abbey, Solesmes ( French: Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes) is a Benedictine monastery in Solesmes, Sarthe, France, and the source of the restoration of Benedictine monastic life in the country under Dom Prosper Guéranger after the French Revolution.
Solesmes is a traditional town of the region, pleasant to explore and with many buildings in the traditional local architectural style - low buildings in light colours and with slate roofs as well as the Church of Notre-Dame.
Solesmes, village, Sarthe département, Pays de la Loire région, west-central France. It is well known for its Benedictine abbey, the centre of the reform of plainsong (unisonous music used in the Christian church from earliest times) in France.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The romantic and powerful silhouette of Solesnes Abbey can be seen from afar, reaching up towards the clouds, while some other more bleak, Medieval-looking constructions built in 1896, reflect onto the peaceful waters of the Sarthe.
Majestic and impressive from the top of its imposing silhouette overlooking the banks of the Sarthe, the Abbey of St. Peter in Solesmes, founded in 1010, is a major centre for Gregorian chant. It is occupied by a community of Benedictine monks, and only the abbey church is open to visitors.
