Saint mont

Mont Habend, also known as Saint-Mont, is a sacred site located at an altitude of 672 m in the commune of Saint-Amé, to the south of the Fossard massif. The site offers exceptional views over the Moselle and Moselotte valleys, and has been occupied since ancient times.

In 620, Amé, a monk preacher, and Romaric, a nobleman from Austrasia, founded a double monastery here, following the austere rule of Saint-Colomban. The female monastery was transferred in 819, but the site remained a place of pilgrimage for several centuries.

Recent excavations have uncovered a burial necropolis dating back to the first millennium and traces of various medieval buildings. Now a listed monument, the site holds many secrets, including the largest group of Formae (funerary tombs of nuns) ever discovered.

Saint-Mont can only be reached on foot, either via the chapel of Vieux Saint-Amé, or via Saint-Étienne-Lès-Remiremont.