Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Limousin

Clocher-mur
87110 Solignac

Saint-Pierre de Solignac Abbey, founded in the 7th century near Limoges, is an emblematic Benedictine abbey of New Aquitaine, famous for its Romanesque architecture and its uninterrupted monastic history since 2021.

Abbaye
23140 Pionnat

The abbey of the Ternes, a former 14th century celestine abbey at Pioneerate (Creuse), founded in 1338 by Roger Le Fort, was an active monastery until 1777. Today, only a few private buildings remain.

Clocher-mur
19200 Confolent-Port-Dieu

The priory of Port-Dieu, a former Benedictine priory of the 15th and 17th centuries, is located in Confolent-Port-Dieu in Corrèze. Founded in the 11th century, it depended on the abbey of the Chaise-Dieu and was marked by religious wars.

Prieuré
19360 Malemort-sur-Corrèze

The buildings of the former Priory Saint-Xantin, in Malemort-sur-Corrèze, form a medieval ensemble of the 13th and 14th centuries, including older cellars and classified Historic Monument since 1996.

Prieuré
87190 Saint-Léger-Magnazeix

The grandmontaine du Bronzeaux, founded in the 12th century in Saint-Léger-Magnazeix (New Aquitaine), is a former monastic priory, the only limousine vestige of the order of Grandmont, classified as a historical monument in 1999.

Eglise romane
19200 Saint-Angel

The Priory of Saint-Michel-des-Anges, founded in the 8th century in Saint-Angel en Corrèze, is a former Benedictine monastery marked by reconstructions in the 11th, 15th and 17th centuries, classified as a Historical Monument since 1840.

Abbaye
23270 Bétête

The Abbey of Prebenoît, a former 12th century Cistercian abbey in Bétête, New Aquitaine, was active until the Revolution. Its remains, partially destroyed in the 19th century, bear witness to a rich monastic and seigneurial past in the Creuse.

Eglise romane
87000 Limoges

The abbey of Saint-Martial de Limoges, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 9th century, was a major cultural and religious centre in Limousin. Located in the city of Limoges in New Aquitaine, it embodies an exceptional Gallo-Roman and medieval heritage.