Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Poitou-Charente

Romanesque Church
79600 Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes

The abbey of Saint-Jouin de Marnes, founded in the fourth century, is a major Romanesque building of the Poitou located in Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes (Deux-Sèvres). Its abbey church, rebuilt in the 11th and 11th centuries, bears witness to a rich monastic and pilgrim past.

Abbey
79600 Airvault

Saint-Pierre d'Airvault Abbey, founded in the 10th century, is a former Augustinian abbey located in Airvault (Deux-Sèvres), marked by reconstructions in the 12th, 13th and 17th centuries. Its abbey, partially preserved, bears witness to its rich religious and architectural past.

Abbey
79240 L'Absie

The Absie Abbey, founded in the 12th century in L'Absie in New Aquitaine, is an ancient Benedictine abbey of which the church remains, a wing of the cloister and some Roman and medieval buildings.

Abbey
79000 Niort

The Abbey of Saint-Liguaire, founded in the 10th century in Niort, is a former Romanesque and Renaissance monastery, marked by reconstructions in the 16th and 17th centuries after the Wars of Religion.

Priory
79130 Allonne

The Priory of Bois-d'Allonne, a former Grandmontan monastery of the 12th and 17th centuries, is located in Allonne (Deux-Sèvres). Ranked a historic monument in 1987, it combines Romanesque and Gothic architecture in a preserved setting.

Priory
79400 Azay-le-Brûlé

The Priory Saint-Barthelemy d'Azay-le-Brûlé, founded in the 12th and 15th centuries, is a fortified Benedictine former priory located in New Aquitaine, marked by its 16th century cloister and medieval church.

79200 Parthenay

The remains of the priory of Parthenay-le-Vieux, built in the 12th century in Parthenay, New Aquitaine, testify to a medieval cloister partially preserved, marked by carved arches and a history linked to the wars of Religion.

Romanesque Church
86250 Charroux

The Saint-Sauveur Abbey of Charroux, founded in the eighth century, is an ancient Benedictine abbey in ruins located in Charroux, New Aquitaine. This Romanesque monument, marked by an iconic 12th century tower-lantern, was a high spiritual and cultural site of the Middle Ages.