Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Jura

Ermitage
39600 Port-Lesney

The Hermitage Notre-Dame de Lorette, located in Port-Lesney in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is a religious complex of the 15th and 17th centuries, composed of a chapel and a residential building, classified as a Historical Monument.

Chartreuse
39270 Onoz

The Chartreuse de Vaucluse, an 18th-century Cartus Abbey in Onoz (Jura), was swallowed in 1968 by Lake Vouglans. Only its rebuilt gate and pavilions remain today.

Abbey
39160 Saint-Amour

The Abbey of Saint-Amour, built in the 17th and 18th centuries, is an ancient religious monument located in the Jura, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Today partially preserved, it houses a classified vaulted room.

Priory
39800 Vaux-sur-Poligny

The Priory of Notre-Dame de Vaux-sur-Poligny, a former Benedictine monastery of the eleventh century transformed into a college, stands in a remote Jurassian near Poligny, in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Its history combines Clunisian spirituality and successive reconstructions until the 19th century.

Romanesque Church
39320 Gigny

Gigny Abbey, founded in the 9th century in Gigny (Jura), is a former Benedictine abbey linked to the order of Cluny, marked by Romanesque and Gothic architecture, classified as a Historic Monument in 1913.

Abbey
39210 Château-Chalon

The abbey of Château-Chalon, a former Benedictine abbey and then chapter of noble canonesses, dominates the Jura vineyards from the rocky plateau of Château-Chalon (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté), active from the 8th-IXth centuries to the Revolution.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
39570 Baume-les-Messieurs

Saint-Pierre de Baume-les-Messieurs Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey of the 9th century, is a historic jewel located in the Jura, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, famous for its role in the foundation of Cluny and its preserved monastic architecture.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
39350 Vitreux

Notre-Dame d'Acey Abbey, founded in 1136, is a Cistercian-Trappist abbey located in Vitreux in the Jura, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. This medieval monastery, marked by a turbulent history, remains active today with a monastic community and a church classified as a historical monument.