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Dominican Convent, Ilanz
Building in Chur, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dominican Convent, Ilanz, the motherhouse of the Congregation of the Ilanz Dominican Sisters (German: Ilanzer Dominikanerinnen), is located on a low hillside across the valley from the little town, roughly 30 km (20 miles) to the west of Chur in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.[1]
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Dominican Convent, Ilanz | |
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Kloster Ilanz | |
![]() The convent church at Ilanz | |
General information | |
Town or city | Ilanz, GR |
Country | Switzerland |
Coordinates | 46°46′38.7″N 9°11′57.7″E |
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The striking convent buildings date from the early 1970s,[2] but the community traces its origins back to St. Joseph's Institute, founded with an educational remit at Ilanz in 1865.[3] Today the sisters at Ilanz are the core element of an international community comprising around 160 sisters, members of one of a number of congregations of Ilanz Dominican Sisters operating from addresses in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Outside Europe there is also one congregation in Brazil and another in Taiwan.[4]