Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Pays-de-la-Loire

Eglise romane et gothique
49590 Fontevraud-l'Abbaye

The royal abbey of Fontevraud, founded in the 12th century in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye en Anjou, is an ancient Benedictine monastic city, famous for its necropolis of the Plantagenets and its exceptional medieval architecture, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Eglise romane et gothique
85500 Les Herbiers

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de la Graintiere, founded in the 12th century at Les Herbiers, is an emblematic Romanesque vestige of Vendée, marked by a turbulent monastic history.

Eglise gothique
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.

Prieuré
49390 Vernoil

The Priory of Vernoil-le-Fourrier, located in Maine-et-Loire, is a religious building of the 15th and 18th centuries, partially listed as historical monuments in 1975.

Prieuré
72800 Luché-Pringé

The Priory of Luché-Pringé, a former medieval mansion from the 13th to the 16th century located in Anjou (Sarthe), served as a stop for pilgrims of Santiago de Compostela and was rebuilt after the Hundred Years War.

Monastère
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.

Abbaye
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.

Eglise gothique
85000 La Roche-sur-Yon

The abbey of the Fontenelles, a former 13th-century Augustinian abbey located in La Roche-sur-Yon in Vendée, is an angeline Gothic monument dedicated to the Virgin Mary, marked by a turbulent history between religious foundations and successive destruction.