Abbatiale Sainte-Marie

The Abbatiale Sainte-Marie is the monastic church of the Benedictine Abbey of Pierre-Qui-Vire in Burgundy, founded in 1850. The church was built in the Neo-Gothic style prevalent in 19th-century French religious architecture. The abbey's Latin name 'Petra Rotante' refers to a rocking stone nearby — a local landmark that gave the community its identity. Still an active Benedictine monastery following the Rule of Saint Benedict, it receives visitors seeking quiet retreat, making the church less a tourist destination than a place of living monastic tradition.