Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Lorraine

Gothic Church
55300 Saint-Mihiel

The Abbey of Saint-Mihiel, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 8th century in Saint-Mihiel (Great East), is famous for its 18th century library and its major cultural role until the Revolution.

Abbey
55100 Verdun

Saint-Paul de Verdun Abbey, a 17th century pre-demonstrated abbey, is located in Verdun in the Grand Est region. Its convent buildings now house the courthouse and the Meuse's sub-prefecture.

Chapel
55250 Beaulieu-en-Argonne

The hermitage of Saint-Rouin is a 20th century modern chapel, located in Beaulieu-en-Argonne (Meuse), rebuilt on a former medieval oratory in the forest of Argonne.

Priory
55200 Commercy

The priory of Breuil, a former Benedictine monastery of the eighteenth century in Commercy (Great East), combines religious architecture and civil reassignments (sub-prefecture, normal school).

Abbey
55210 Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel

The abbey of Saint-Benoît-en-Woëvre, founded in 1128, is a former Cistercian abbey rebuilt in the 18th century at Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel (Great East), now reduced to its façade after the destructions of 1918.

Abbey
55600 Montmédy

The Abbey of Orval in Montmédy, in the Great East, is an old facade of urban refuge of monks, classified historical monument. This vestige of the 19th century bears witness to a religious and prison past, now threatened with ruin.

55600 Marville

The former refuge of Orval Abbey, located in Marville (Great East), is a 16th and 18th century building, mixing chapel, vaulted basement and significant architectural transformations.

Abbey
57000 Metz

The Abbey of Saint-Clément de Metz, a former Benedictine abbey of the 17th to 18th centuries, located in Metz in the Great East, combines Gothic and Baroque styles. Transformed into a Jesuit college and then a regional hotel, it has been listed as a historical monument since 1972.