Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Morbihan

Abbaye
56700 Hennebont

The former Abbey of Joy, founded in the 13th century in Hennebont, Brittany, is a partly preserved Cistercian abbey, now integrated with national studs. Its 17th century buildings bear witness to its rich religious and architectural past.

Eglise romane
56730 Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys

Saint-Gildas de Rhuys Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey of the Middle Ages and 17th century, stands in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, Brittany. Its Romanesque church, classified as a historical monument, bears witness to a rich and turbulent monastic history.

56400 Auray

The Priory of Saint-Cado, founded in the 12th century and redesigned in the 16th century, is a former female priory located in Auray, Brittany, known for its Gothic chapel-Renaissance and its history linked to the Abbey of Notre-Dame du Nid-au-Merle.

Chartreuse
56400 Brech

The Chartreuse d'Auray, an ancient 17th- to 19th-century Cartusian abbey in Brech (Morbihan), now houses an EHPAD and a mausoleum dedicated to royalist victims of 1795. Historical monument marked by Breton religious architecture.

56770 Langonnet

The former Abbey of Notre-Dame de Langonnet, founded in the 12th century, is a Cistercian monument located in Langonnet, Brittany, marked by a 13th century capitular hall and a rich history between monastic life and national studs.

Abbaye
56800 Guillac

The Abbey of Saint-Jean-des-Prés, a 17th-century Augustinian abbey in Guillac (Bretagne), listed as a historic monument, illustrates Breton religious architecture and its turbulent history since the 12th century.

Abbaye
56630 Langonnet

The abbey of Notre-Dame de Langonnet, a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Langonnet, Brittany, was transformed into a haras in the 19th century before becoming a religious and missionary place.

Prieuré
56840 Île-d'Arz

The Priory of Île-d'Arz, dating from the 18th century, is a former religious building located on the island of the same name in Brittany, now transformed into a town hall-school.