The Abbey

The spectacular campus of the Eur-Am Center is the historic monument known for almost 1,000 years as the Abbey of Pontlevoy. Founded in the 11^th century by a crusader fulfilling a promise made to the heavens (at what had seemed the moment of his death), The Abbey gained an international stature as a Benedictine refuge over the course of the 12^th and 13^th centuries. In a time of peace and prosperity, the Benedictine monks built a cathedral that stands today as it has since before Columbus came to the Americas.

When religious wars drove them out, the monks were replaced first by military cadets, then by the sons of Europe's wealthiest citizens. Thousands of students, over scores of generations, have marked this place in their own ways. Through The Abbey Program, today's students have their chance to leave their mark in history.