Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Languedoc-Roussillon

Eglise romane
48150 Le Rozier

The monastery Saint-Sauveur du Rozier, founded in the 11th century in Le Rozier in Occitanie, is a former Benedictine priory whose only church, classified as a Historic Monument in 1960, remains today as a parish church.

Chemins de Compostelle - Voie de Toulouse ou d'Arles
34150 Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert

The former Gellone Abbey, founded in the 9th century in Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, is a Benedictine abbey classified as a UNESCO historical monument and world heritage, famous for its medieval relics and carved cloister.

Ermitage
66120 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

The Hermitage Notre-Dame de Font-Romeu, built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via in Occitanie, is a place of pilgrimage housing a Baroque chapel and a Romanesque statue of the Virgin, in a preserved mountainous setting.

Eglise romane et gothique
66150 Arles-sur-Tech

The former Abbey of Sainte-Marie d'Arles-sur-Tech, founded in the 9th century and rebuilt in the 11th–13th centuries, is a Romanesque and Gothic jewel of the Pyrénées-Orientales, famous for its Gothic cloister and miraculous relics, located in the valley of Tech in Occitanie.

Eglise romane
11250 Ladern-sur-Lauquet

Sainte-Marie de Rieunette Abbey, founded in the 12th century in Ladern-sur-Lauquet (Aude), is a former Cistercian female abbey classified as a historical monument, nestled in a wild valley of Occitanie.

Eglise romane
11400 Saint-Papoul

The Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Papoul, founded in the 8th century and rebuilt in the 13th and 15th centuries, is an ancient cathedral located in Saint-Papoul (Aude). This Gothic and Romanesque jewel, classified as a Historical Monument, was the seat of a diocese until the Revolution.

Eglise romane
11580 Alet-les-Bains

The abbey of Alet-les-Bains, a former Benedictine abbey of the 10th century located in the Aude in Occitanie, became cathedral in the 14th century before being partially destroyed during the Wars of Religion.

Eglise romane
66500 Codalet

The Abbey of Saint-Michel de Cuxa, Benedictine monastery of the 12th century located in Codalet, Occitanie, is famous for its Romanesque cloister and its Preroman church, major witnesses of the medieval art of Roussillon.