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Muri Abbey
Native name
German: Kloster Muri
Muri Abbey
LocationSwitzerland
Coordinates47°16′35″N 08°20′23″E / 47.27639°N 8.33972°E / 47.27639; 8.33972
AreaEurope
Built1064
Architectural style(s)Gothic, Baroque
Muri Abbey is located in Switzerland
Muri Abbey
Location of Muri Abbey in Switzerland

Muri Abbey (German: Kloster Muri) was a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It flourished for over eight centuries at Muri, in the Canton of Aargau, near Zürich, Switzerland. While the monastery is currently established as Muri-Gries in South Tyrol[1] the former abbey is now a museum and heritage sites of national significance.

  1. ^ Dolan, John Gilbert (1911). "Muri". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 29 January 2013.

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