Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas

Local nameAbbaye Notre-Dame de l'Atlas
LocationMédéa, Algeria

The Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas is a Catholic monastery of Trappists, inaugurated on March 7, 1938 in Tibhirine, close to Médéa, in Algeria.

The abbey became more known in 1996, when seven monks were kidnapped from the monastery, during the Algerian Civil War, and were killed. The film Of Gods and Men, released in 2010, tells the events that led to their deaths.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Our_Lady_of_Atlas

Coordinates 36°17'43.729" N 2°42'56.22" E

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