Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Hauts-de-France

Eglise gothique
60700 Pontpoint

The royal abbey of Moncel, founded in 1309 by Philippe le Bel in Pontpoint (Oise), is a 14th-century clarisse monial abbey, classified as a historical monument. This emblematic site of the Hauts-de-France combines medieval architecture and royal history, with remarkable remains such as its vaulted cellars and its Renaissance cloister.

Eglise gothique
60810 Rully

The priory of Saint-Victor de Bray, founded in 1249 in Rully (Oise), is a former priory of Augustine canons, now reduced to its radiant Gothic chapel and some remains classified historical monuments.

Abbaye
60200 Compiègne

The Abbey of Royallieu, a former Benedictine abbey of the 17th and 18th centuries, is located in Compiègne in the Hauts-de-France. Classified as a historic monument, it was an Augustinian priory before becoming a monastery of nuns.

Eglise romane et gothique
60700 Fleurines

The Priory of Saint-Christophe-en-Halatte, a former 11th-century Clunisian Priory located in Fleurines (Oise), is a primitive Gothic monument marked by its forest history and seigneurial conflicts. Partially ranked in 1923, it preserves an 18th century church and prioral home.

Prieuré
60110 Amblainville

The Priory of the Trinity of Fay, in Amblainville, Oise, is a former medieval priory from the 13th, 16th and 17th centuries, partially preserved and classified as a historical monument in 1988.

Eglise romane et gothique
60127 Morienval

Notre-Dame de Morienval Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey of the ninth century, is famous for its 11th century Romanesque church, located in Morienval in the Hauts-de-France. Ranked a historic monument in 1840, it combines Carolingian architecture with Romanesque innovations, such as the broken arch and carved capitals of Celtic and Merovingian influences.

Eglise gothique
60350 Saint-Jean-aux-Bois

The abbey of Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, founded in 1152 by Queen Adelaide de Savoie, is a former Benedictine abbey located in the Oise, in the forest of Compiègne. Its primitive Gothic church, classified as a historical monument, and its 12th century capitular hall make it a rare testimony to medieval monastic architecture.

Abbaye
62140 Tortefontaine

The Saint-Josse Abbey of Dommartin, founded in the 12th century in Tortefontaine (Hauts-de-France), is an ancient pre-monstrated abbey whose remains of the 12th, 17th and 18th centuries have been classified as historical monuments since 1991.