Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Champagne-Ardennes

Chartreuse
08390 Le Mont-Dieu

The Chartreuse du Mont-Dieu, a 17th-century cartreux monastery located at Le Mont-Dieu in the Ardennes, is a historical vestige classified as a historical monument, marked by elegant architecture and a turbulent history since its foundation in 1132.

Abbaye
10100 Romilly-sur-Seine

The Abbey of Sellières, a former 18th-century Cistercian abbey in Romilly-sur-Seine (Aube), is famous for temporarily sheltering the burial of Voltaire. Only the abbatial home remains today.

Abbaye
52500 Les Loges

Grosse Sauve Abbey, founded in the 12th century, is a historic monument located in Les Loges, in the Grand Est region. His chapel has been classified since 1929.

Abbaye
08090 Fagnon

Notre-Dame de Sept-Fontaines Abbey, a 17th-century pre-demonstrated abbey in Fagnon (Great East), is a historic monument transformed into a hotel-restaurant, famous for its links with Charles de Gaulle and its Louis XIII architecture.

Prieuré
10200 Bar-sur-Aube

The priory of Bar-sur-Aube, a former Benedictine priory of the 16th–15th centuries, is located in the Dawn, in the Great East. Ranked a historic monument in 1965, it was dependent on the abbey of Saint-Claude.

Abbaye
08250 Chatel-Chéhéry

The Abbey of Chehéry, a former 18th-century Cistercian abbey located in Chatel-Chehéry in the Ardennes, is an architectural testimony of monastic renewal, partially transformed into a bourgeois residence in the 19th century.

Abbaye
51160 Hautvillers

Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, is located in Hautvillers in the Great East. This iconic monument, linked to the history of champagne, extends over the 12th-17th centuries.

Abbaye
10310 Ville-sous-la-Ferté

Clairvaux Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century in Ville-sous-la-Ferté in the Dawn, was a major spiritual home before becoming a prison. Its medieval and classical architecture bears witness to its rich monastic and prison past.