Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in New Aquitaine

Eglise romane
86350 Saint-Martin-l'Ars

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de la Réau, founded in the 12th century in Saint-Martin-l'Ars (Vienna), is an Augustinian monastery marked by medieval influence and changes in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Eglise romane
86310 Saint-Savin

The Abbey of Saint-Savin-Saint-Cyprien, a 11th-century Romanesque jewel in Saint-Savin (New Aquitaine), is famous for its medieval murals classified at UNESCO. Architectural and artistic masterpiece of the Poitou.

Prieuré
86110 Mirebeau

The Priory Saint-André de Mirebeau, founded between 1051 and 1055, is a former Benedictine priory located in Mirebeau, New Aquitaine, marked by a 13th century capitular hall and a church rebuilt in the 19th century.

Monastère
24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda

Former 17th-century monastery in Sarlat-la-Canéda, New Aquitaine, including a Baroque church and a cloister listed as a Historic Monument. Symbol of the Catholic Counter-Reformation after the Wars of Religion.

Eglise romane
47150 Gavaudun

The Priory Saint-Sardos de Laurenque, located in Gavaudun in Lot-et-Garonne, is an ancient convent church rebuilt between the late 15th and early 16th centuries, today in ruins.

Eglise gothique
79400 Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole

The former Abbey of Saint-Maixent-l'École, transformed into a Canclaux barracks, is a 17th and 18th century religious building located in the Deux-Sèvres, New Aquitaine. This historic monument, marked by a rich monastic and military history, combines Gothic architecture and Romanesque remains.

Abbaye
79600 Airvault

Saint-Pierre d'Airvault Abbey, founded in the 10th century, is a former Augustinian abbey located in Airvault (Deux-Sèvres), marked by reconstructions in the 12th, 13th and 17th centuries. Its abbey, partially preserved, bears witness to its rich religious and architectural past.

Eglise romane
47270 Saint-Maurin

The Abbey of Saint-Maurin, founded in the 11th century in Saint-Maurin (Lot-et-Garonne), is an ancient Benedictine Clunisian abbey marked by reconstructions in the 15th and 16th centuries after wars and looting. Its Romanesque and Gothic ruins bear witness to a rich monastic past in New Aquitaine.