Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Rhône-Alpes

Eglise gothique
01000 Bourg-en-Bresse

The Royal Monastery of Brou, a 16th-century Gothic Brabançon masterpiece in Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain), houses a church and three cloisters built by Marguerite of Austria in memory of her husband Philibert the Beau.

Eglise romane
38340 Voreppe

Notre-Dame-de-Chalais Abbey, founded in 1101, is an ancient Benedictine abbey and then the dominican of the 12th century, located in Voreppe in Isère, famous for its Romanesque architecture and its turbulent monastic history.

Monastère
01260 Arvière-en-Valromey

The Chartreuse d'Arvières, an ancient 12th century Cartus Abbey, stands in Lochieu in the Ain, in the heart of a federal forest. Its classified remains bear witness to an isolated and preserved monastic heritage.

Abbaye
74740 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval

Sixt Abbey, a former abbey of regular canons founded in the 12th century at Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval in Haute-Savoie, is a historical monument marked by major transformations in the 13th and 17th centuries, now partially preserved and inscribed in the Historical Monuments since 1997.

Ermitage
07140 Les Assions

The Hermitage Saint-Eugène de Chassagnes, founded in the 17th century in Assions (Ardèche), is a place of eremitic life and prayer, classified as a historical monument in 1979, nestled in the wood of Païolive.

Eglise romane
38200 Vienne

The Abbey of Saint-André-le-Bas, founded in the 6th century in Vienna (Isère), is a former Benedictine monastery with Romanesque and Gothic buildings, classified as a historical monument since 1840 and 1954.

Eglise gothique
42800 Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez

The Chartreuse de Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez, founded in 1281, is a former Cartreux monastery transformed into a village in the Loire, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This medieval site, marked by a 17th century Baroque architecture, is now classified as Historic Monuments.

Eglise gothique
73310 Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille

Hautecombe Abbey, founded in 1125 by Cistercian monks, is a royal abbey located in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille, Savoie, on the banks of Lake Bourget. A necropolis of Savoie's house, it combines medieval history and baroque architecture troubadour.