Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Midi-Pyrénées

Eglise romane
31600 Eaunes

The Abbey of La Clarté-Dieu, founded in the 12th century in Eaunes, Occitanie, is an ancient Cistercian abbey partially preserved, marked by pink brick architecture and a rich monastic past.

Abbaye
65140 Saint-Sever-de-Rustan

The Abbey of Saint-Sever-de-Ristan, Benedictine monastery of the 11th, 17th and 18th centuries, stands in Saint-Sever-de-Ristan in Occitanie. Its architecture combines Romanesque and Maurist styles, marked by a turbulent history between prosperity and repeated destruction.

Eglise romane
65700 Larreule

The Abbey of Saint-Orens de Larreule, founded in the 11th century in Larreule (Occitanie), is an ancient Benedictine abbey, now partially preserved as a parish church, located on a road to Compostela.

Abbaye
65130 Bonnemazon

The Abbey of Escaladieu, a 12th century Cistercian monastery in Bonnemazon (Occitanie), was a major stopover for the pilgrims of Compostela and an influential spiritual centre in the Pyrenees.

Prieuré
46130 Prudhomat

The priory of Félènes, founded in the 14th century in Prudhomat (Lot), is a former religious ensemble including the church of Saint Peter and the chapel of Notre Dame, classified as a historical monument in 1978.

Abbaye
82700 Cordes-Tolosannes

The abbey of Belleperche, former Cistercian abbey of the 17th and 18th centuries in Cordes-Tolosannes (Occitanie), is today a museum of table arts after being a powerful monastery and then a national good.

Abbaye
31530 Bellegarde-Sainte-Marie

Sainte-Marie du Désert Abbey, founded in 1852 in Bellegarde-Sainte-Marie (Haute-Garonne), is a Cistercian-trappist monastery transformed in 2020 into a community and ecological place of life, mixing religious history and innovative social project.

Eglise romane et gothique
46260 Laramière

The Priory of Notre-Dame de Laramière, founded in the 12th century, is a former Augustine monastery located in the Lot in Occitanie, marked by its role in the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and its preserved medieval architecture.