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Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories of France

We have grouped here all the monacal sites in France.
For clarity, we separated them into 4 sub-categories:

Abbey
Monastery
Priority
Charter

NB: For regions that have not been regrouped, namely: Bretagne, Centre-Val-de-Loire, Corse, Île-de-France, Pays-de-la-Loire, Provence-Alpes-Côte-D'azur, you must not go through the navigation opposite, but by the "classic" route below, to discover the subcategories of your department.

le Major religious heritage of France

93 abbeys, monasteries and priories en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

96 abbeys, monasteries and priories en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

39 abbeys, monasteries and priories en Bretagne

93 abbeys, monasteries and priories dans le Centre Val-de-Loire

96 abbeys, monasteries and priories dans le Grand-Est

108 abbeys, monasteries and priories dans les Hauts-de-France

93 abbeys, monasteries and priories en Normandie

39 abbeys, monasteries and priories en Île de France

132 abbeys, monasteries and priories en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

107 abbeys, monasteries and priories en Occitanie

48 abbeys, monasteries and priories en Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

89 abbeys, monasteries and priories dans le Pays-de-la-Loire

7 abbeys, monasteries and priories au coeur de Paris

Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories of France

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Sélection de 8 abbeys, monasteries and priories sur 1040 en France

Abbey of La Ferté

Abbey
71240 Saint-Ambreuil

The Abbey of La Ferté, a former Cistercian abbey of the 17th–15th century in Saint-Ambreuil (Saône-et-Loire), is the first daughter of Cîteaux, classified as a Historic Monument in 1993. Only the abbatial home remains today.

Priory of Anzyle-Duc

Romanesque Church
71110 Anzy-le-Duc

The Priory of Anzy-le-Duc, a 12th century Benedictine monastery, is located in the municipality of Anzy-le-Duc in Saône-et-Loire. Founded in the Carolingian period, it was a place of pilgrimage and monastic reform in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Abbey Saint-Philibert de Tournus

Romanesque Church
71700 Tournus

The abbey of Saint-Philibert de Tournus, a former Benedictine abbey of the 11th century, is a Romanesque jewel in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Its abbey church, classified as Historic Monument, dominates the city of Tournus with its exceptional medieval remains.

Cluny Abbey

Romanesque Church
71250 Cluny

The Abbey of Cluny, a former Benedictine abbey founded in 910, located in Cluny in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, was a major spiritual and intellectual center of the Middle Ages, now partially preserved.

Priory of Mayanne

Priory
72260 Dangeul

The Priory of Mayanne, a former monastery founded in the 11th century in Dangeul (Sarthe), was renovated in the 15th and 16th centuries. Ranked a historic monument in 2013, it combines Romanesque chapel, medieval house and exceptional tithe barn.

Priory of Vivoin

Gothic Church
72170 Vivoin

The priory of Saint-Hippolyte de Vivoin, a former monastery of the 11th–12th centuries in Sarthe, combines Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance architecture. Its classified prioral church and medieval cellar make it a major historical site of the Pays de la Loire.

Monastery of the Visitation of La Flèche

Monastery
72200 La Flèche

The monastery of the Visitation of La Flèche, founded in the middle of the seventeenth century in the Sarthe, is a former visiting convent maintaining its original claustral buildings (1651) and a remarkable carved wooden staircase, protected as Historic Monument since 1985.

Former Saint Vincent Abbey, currently Bellevue High School

Abbey
72000 Le Mans

The former Saint Vincent Abbey, founded in the 6th century in Le Mans, is a medieval Benedictine monument transformed into Bellevue High School. Its 15th, 17th and 18th century buildings combine Maurist architecture and Romanesque heritage, classified as Historic Monuments in the Maillets district.