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Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Retrouvez les 93 abbeys, monasteries and priories of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region recensés par Musée du Patrimoine de France.
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Chartreuse de Mélan
Chartreuse
74440 Taninges

The Chartreuse de Mélan, an ancient 13th century Chartreuse abbey in Taninges (Haute-Savoie), transformed into a cultural pole after being a monastery, seminary and orphanage. Its Gothic cloister and medieval church are classified as historical monuments.
Priory of Meillerie
Gothic Church
74500 Meillerie

The Priory of Meillerie, founded in the 12th century, is a medieval fortified priory located in Meillerie in Haute-Savoie, marked by its religious and seigneurial role until the 18th century. Its church and bell tower date back to the 13th century.
Former Abbey of the Place

74550 Perrignier

The former Abbey of Lieu, founded in the 12th century in Perrignier in Haute-Savoie, is a female Cistercian abbey transformed into a farm after its closure in 1538. Ruined, only its 13th century church remains partially.
Abbey

74290 Talloires-Montmin

The abbey of Talloires, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 11th century in Talloires-Montmin in Haute-Savoie, transformed into a hotel after the 19th century, bears witness to a rich medieval and royal past.
The Abbey Saint-Antoine
Gothic Church
38160 Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye

The Abbey Saint-Antoine, founded in the 11th century in Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye en Isère, is a former mother abbey of the hospital order of Saint-Antoine, marked by a Gothic abbey church and a rich religious and historical heritage.
The monastery of the Great Chartreuse
Chartreuse
38380 Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse

The Great Chartreuse, a Cartusian monastery founded in the 11th century, is a historic gem located in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartrouse in Isère. This emblematic place, rebuilt in the 15th and 17th centuries, embodies hermitic life and Cartusian spirituality in the heart of the Alps.
Abbey of Saint-André-le-Bas
Romanesque Church
38200 Vienne

The Abbey of Saint-André-le-Bas, founded in the 6th century in Vienna (Isère), is a former Benedictine monastery with Romanesque and Gothic buildings, classified as a historical monument since 1840 and 1954.
Abbey of the Ayes
Abbey
38190 Crolles

The Abbey of Notre-Dame des Ayes, a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1140 in Crolles (Isère), is now reduced to a classified abbey, vestige of a female monastery marked by the Wars of Religion and Revolution.