Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Limousin

Monastery
23170 Chambon-sur-Voueize

The monastery of Chambon-sur-Voueize, a religious building of the 15th, 17th and 18th centuries, is located in the Creuse in New Aquitaine. Former clunisian priory, it houses a classified Romanesque church and convent buildings inscribed in the Historical Monuments.

23130 Peyrat-la-Nonière

The former Abbey of Bonlieu, a Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century in Peyrat-la-Nonière in New Aquitaine, was one of the largest in the Creuse, marked by reconstructions in the 13th, 15th and 18th centuries.

Clocher-wall
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.

Romanesque Church
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.

Priory
87500 Le Chalard

The former Priory Notre-Dame du Chalard, founded at the end of the 11th century in Le Chalard in Upper Vienna, is an Augustine monastery marked by its 12th century church and its turbulent medieval history.

Abbey
87200 Saint-Junien

The Abbey of Saint-Amand, a religious building of the 12th and 17th centuries, dominates Saint-Junien in New Aquitaine, mixing medieval ruins and Franciscan conventual remains on a historical site linked to the hermit Amand.

Wooden house
87400 Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat

The priory of Lartige, founded in the 12th century in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat in New Aquitaine, is a medieval monastic complex with church, cloister and partially preserved convent buildings.

Priory
87120 Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest

The priory of Sainte-Radegonde de Villevaleix, founded in the 12th century in Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest (Haute-Vienne), is a former Benedictine female priory dedicated to Radegonde de Poitiers, now partially classified as a historical monument.