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

Priory
49330 aux Hauts-d'Anjou

The Priory of Gravier, built in the 17th and 18th centuries, is a religious monument located in Contigné, in the Hauts-d'Anjou (Maine-et-Loire). It was registered in 1977 and bears witness to the Angeline heritage.

Abbey
49140 Chaumont-d'Anjou

Chaloché Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian Abbey, is located in Chaumont-d'Anjou in Pays de la Loire. Founded in 1129, it retains a medieval barn and remarkable historical remains.

49140 Jarzé Villages

Chaloché Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey of the 12th and 17th centuries, is located in Jarzé Villages and Chaumont-d'Anjou in Pays de la Loire. Founded in 1129, it retains a medieval barn and remarkable historical remains.

49390 Vernoil-le-Fourrier

The priory-curé of Vernoil-le-Fourrier, a religious building of the 15th and 18th centuries, stands in Maine-et-Loire, in the Pays de la Loire. Joined historical monuments in 1975, it combines medieval architecture with classical additions.

Abbey
53290 Saint-Brice

The Cistercian Abbey of Bellebranche, founded in the 12th century in Saint-Brice, Mayenne, was an influential monastery in Maine and Anjou, marked by successive destructions and reconstructions until the Revolution.

Abbey
53410 Olivet

Clermont Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Olivet, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, was founded by Guy IV of Laval and served as a necropolis for the Laval family. Its Romanesque church and its convent buildings illustrate its historical and architectural importance.

Abbey
53100 Saint-Georges-Buttavent

Fontaine-Daniel Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1204 by Juhel III of Mayenne, is located in Saint-Georges-Buttavent in Mayenne. This emblematic monument, marked by feudal conflicts and architectural transformations, was a major religious and economic centre until its suppression in 1790.

Romanesque Church
53350 La Roë

The abbey of La Roë, founded in the 11th century in La Roë in Mayenne, is a former Augustinian abbey classified as a historical monument, marked by Romanesque architecture and a turbulent history between wars and restorations.