Abbeys, Monastères and Priories in Aquitaine

Abbey
33690 Masseilles

Fontguilhem Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian abbey, is located in Masseilles en Gironde. Founded in 1124, it was protected by the kings of England and transformed in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Monastery
33190 Pondaurat

The Antonine Monastery of Pondaurat, founded in the 13th century in Gironde, is an ancient Catholic convent with mill, located on the way to Santiago de Compostela, now partially classified as a historical monument.

Chartreuse
33700 Mérignac

The Chartreuse de Fontcastel, built in the 18th century in Mérignac, New Aquitaine, is an ancient residence of the archbishops of Bordeaux, which became a private residence after the Revolution.

Chartreuse
33000 Bordeaux

Mirande's Chartreuse, built in the last quarter of the 18th century in Bordeaux, is an example of refined architecture influenced by Victor Louis, combining symmetry and painted interior decorations.

Chartreuse
33000 Bordeaux

The Chartreuse Le Caoulet, built in Bordeaux in the second half of the eighteenth century, is an emblematic wine house of Graves, combining house and cellar in a characteristic girondin style.

Priory
33600 Pessac

The Priory of Bardanac, a former hospital and priory of the 16th and 18th centuries in Pessac, was a key step for pilgrims of Santiago de Compostela. It preserves a house decorated with medieval frescoes.

33570 aux Artigues-de-Lussac

The former Abbey of Faize, founded in the 12th century in the Artigues-de-Lussac in New Aquitaine, is a Cistercian abbey partially rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries, famous for its role in welcoming the pilgrims of Compostela and its restoration by Maurice Druon.

Paths of Compostela - Via Vézelay
40500 Saint-Sever

The Abbey of Saint-Sever, a former Benedictine abbey from the 11th to the 15th century located in Saint-Sever, New Aquitaine, is a Romanesque jewel classified as a UNESCO historical monument and world heritage, famous for its seven apse bedside and sculpted tympanum.