Grand Orient de France

Grand Orient de France
Formation1728 (as Grand Lodge of France)
24 June 1773 (1773-06-24) (as Grand Orient de France)
Location
Region
France
Websitegodf.org

The Grand Orient de France (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃t‿ɔʁjɑ̃ fʁɑ̃s], abbr. GODF) is the oldest and largest of several Freemasonic organizations based in France and is the oldest in Continental Europe (as it was formed out of an older Grand Lodge of France in 1773, and briefly absorbed the rump of the older body in 1799, allowing it to date its foundation to 1728 or 1733). The Grand Orient de France is generally regarded as the "mother lodge" of Continental Freemasonry.