Abbey of Saint-Pierremont being made directly subordinate to the cathedral chapter of Metz, the community itself survived until the French Revolution. Abbey of Saint-Pierremont The Ancient Abbey of Canons Regular of St. Augustine of Saint-Pierremont ("i.e.", St. Peter's mountain) (, ) is a former Augustinian abbey in the commune of Avril in what is now the Meurthe-et-Moselle "département" of France (formerly part of the Duchy of Bar in the Upper Lorraine region of the Holy Roman Empire), founded in the late eleventh century and dedicated to Saint Peter. Little is left of the medieval abbey buildings. Some buildings of the eighteenth century survive
Saint-Sixtus Abbey and around the abbey. World War II was a difficult time for the monastery in several respects. After the war, in 1945, the abbot decided to reduce the capacity of the brewery to produce only 4,800 hectolitres a year. In 1964 the guesthouse was built, and a new abbey church was added in 1968. Saint-Sixtus Abbey Saint-Sixtus Abbey of Westvleteren, which belongs to the Cistercians of Strict Observance, or Trappists, is a Roman Catholic abbey located in Westvleteren, in the Belgian Province of West Flanders. The abbey is famous for its spiritual life, characterised by prayer, reading, and manual work,