Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Auvergne

Priory
15500 Bonnac

The priory of Bonnac, founded in the 10th century and redesigned in the 15th and 18th centuries, is a former clunisian priory located in Bonnac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Its fortified house and interior decorations make it a remarkable architectural witness.

Priory
15600 Leynhac

The Priory of Notre-Dame-du-Pont, founded in the 12th century in Leynhac in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, is a former Benedictine priory with a Romanesque chapel classified as a historical monument, witness to the religious and cultural influence of the building monks in Haute-Auvergne.

15240 Bassignac

The house of the priory of Vendes, built in the 18th century in Bassignac (Cantal), is a typical Cantalian farm of type block-to-earth, combining house and barn-stable, classified historical monument since 2002.

15120 Montsalvy

The former Notre-Dame de l'Assumption Abbey, founded in the 11th century in Montsalvy (Cantal), is a Romanesque building rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries, mixing monastic history and religious heritage.

Romanesque Church
43300 Chanteuges

The priory of Chanteuges, a former Benedictine monastery of the 10th century, dominates the Allier Valley in Chanteuges (High-Loire). Transformed in the 15th and 18th centuries, it combines Romanesque and Gothic architecture in a spectacular volcanic site.

Portal
43000 Le Puy-en-Velay

The Romanesque portal of Vorey Abbey, dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, is a listed historical monument located in Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire. Conserved at the Crozatier Museum, it bears witness to auvergnat Romanesque art.

Gothic Church
43380 Lavoûte-Chilhac

The priory of Sainte-Croix de Lavoûte-Chilhac, founded in the 11th century in Lavoûte-Chilhac in Haute-Loire, is a former Clunisian monastery marked by Gothic (XVe) and classical (XVIIIe) reconstructions.

Abbey
43140 La Séauve-sur-Semène

The Abbey of La Séauve-Bénite, a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey located in La Séauve-sur-Semène in Haute-Loire, was an active monastery until the Revolution. Its buildings, partially preserved, bear witness to a rich history marked by the Wars of Religion and industrial conversion in the 19th century.