Abbey of St Gall
Also known as Abbaye de Saint Gall, Abbey of Saint Gall, Couvent De Saint-Gall, Fürstabtei Sankt Gallen, Stift St. Gallen
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Switzerland
Inscribed
1983
List reference
268
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Abbey of St Gall is in Saint Gallen. The nearest other World Heritage site is Alpine Pile Dwellings, about 35 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Saint Gallen · about 71,000 peopleat the site
- Frauenfeld · about 22,000 peopleabout 25 km north-west
- Bregenz · about 27,000 peopleabout 30 km east
- Vaduz · about 36,000 peopleabout 35 km south
- Zürich · about 1,108,000 peopleabout 60 km west
- Chur · about 38,000 peopleabout 65 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, SloveniaCultural34 km away
GermanyCultural38 km away
SwitzerlandNatural57 km away
GermanyCultural111 km away
GermanyCultural118 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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