Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Far East

Eglise romane
57680 Gorze

Gorze Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 8th century in Gorze (Great East), was a major home of monastic reform in the 10th century. Classified as a Historic Monument in 1886, its remains bear witness to its medieval influence in Lotharingia and the Holy Empire.

Monastère
68240 Kaysersberg Vignoble

Kaysersberg Monastery, a former Franciscan convent of the 15th and 18th centuries, is located in Kaysersberg Vineyard in the Upper Rhine. Ranked a historic monument in 1946, it combines medieval architecture and subsequent transformations.

Abbaye
10400 Ferreux-Quincey

The former Abbey of Paraclet, founded in the 12th century by Abélard and Héloïse in Ferreux-Quincy (Aube), was a prestigious Benedictine female monastery, marked by a rich intellectual and musical history, before its gradual destruction from the 17th century.

Abbaye
10270 Montiéramey

Saint-Pierre de Montiéramey Abbey, founded in the 9th century in Montiéramey (Aube, Grand Est), is a former Benedictine abbey marked by reconstructions in the 17th and 18th centuries. Classified as a Historical Monument, it preserves an abbey house, a cloister and typical outbuildings of Champagne religious architecture.

Abbaye
10000 Troyes

The abbey of Saint-Martin-ès-Aires, founded in the 9th century in Troyes, is a former Augustinian monastery transformed in the 17th to 19th centuries, now home to educational institutions in classified buildings.

Prieuré
67120 Molsheim

The Chartreuse de Molsheim, the Cartusian monastery of the 17th and 18th centuries, was a major religious centre in Alsace, integrated into the heart of the city. Today partially preserved, it houses a museum and cultural spaces.

Abbaye
10100 Romilly-sur-Seine

The Abbey of Sellières, a former 18th-century Cistercian abbey in Romilly-sur-Seine (Aube), is famous for temporarily sheltering the burial of Voltaire. Only the abbatial home remains today.

Eglise romane et gothique
54290 Froville

The Benedictine Priory of Froville, founded in the 11th century in Froville (Meurthe-et-Moselle), is an emblematic clunisian monument of the Great East, combining Romanesque and Gothic architecture, marked by a turbulent history and protection under the title of the Historical Monuments since 1926 and 1985.