Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Cantal

15120 Montsalvy

The former Notre-Dame de l'Assumption Abbey, founded in the 11th century in Montsalvy (Cantal), is a Romanesque building rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries, mixing monastic history and religious heritage.

15240 Bassignac

The house of the priory of Vendes, built in the 18th century in Bassignac (Cantal), is a typical Cantalian farm of type block-to-earth, combining house and barn-stable, classified historical monument since 2002.

Priory
15600 Leynhac

The Priory of Notre-Dame-du-Pont, founded in the 12th century in Leynhac in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, is a former Benedictine priory with a Romanesque chapel classified as a historical monument, witness to the religious and cultural influence of the building monks in Haute-Auvergne.

Priory
15500 Bonnac

The priory of Bonnac, founded in the 10th century and redesigned in the 15th and 18th centuries, is a former clunisian priory located in Bonnac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Its fortified house and interior decorations make it a remarkable architectural witness.

Monastery
15200 Mauriac

The monastery Saint-Pierre de Mauriac, founded in the 6th century, is an ancient religious building located in the Cantal, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, of which it remains the capitular hall, the sacristy and part of the cloister of the 11th and 14th centuries.

Abbey
15190 Condat

The Abbey of Féniers, a former 12th century Cistercian abbey, stands in ruins in Condat, in the Cantal, in the heart of the Val-Honnête valley in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
15000 Aurillac

The abbey of Saint-Géraud d'Aurillac, a former Benedictine abbey founded before 885, is an emblematic monument of Cantal, mixing Romanesque architecture and reconstructions of the 17th and 19th centuries in the city of Aurillac, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.