Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Dear

Abbaye
18380 Méry-ès-Bois

Notre-Dame de Loroy Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century, is located in Méry-ès-Bois in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its ruins and cloister of the eighteenth century bear witness to a history marked by successive destruction and reconstruction.

Prieuré
18170 Maisonnais

The Priory of Orsan, a former 12th-century fontevrist monastery rebuilt in the 16th and 18th centuries, stands in Maisonnais (Dear). This historic site, classified as a historic monument in 1926, is famous for its gardens inspired by medieval cloisters and its role in the order of Fontevraud.

Abbaye
18320 Menetou-Couture

Notre-Dame de Fontmorigny Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian abbey, is located in Menetou-Couture in the Cher. Founded in 1149, it illustrates medieval monastic architecture and its transformations until the 18th century.

Eglise romane et gothique
18120 Massay

Saint-Martin de Massay Abbey, founded in the 8th century, is a former Benedictine Abbey of Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire, marked by major reconstructions in the 12th, 14th and 15th centuries, mixing Romanesque and Gothic styles.

Prieuré
18120 Limeux

The Priory of Saint-Laurent de Manzay, founded in the 12th century, is a former medieval monastery located in Limeux in the Cher, marked by its religious history and 13th century murals.

Prieuré
18310 Genouilly

The priory of Fontblanche, a former Grandmontan monastery of the 12th-XIIIth centuries, stands in Genouilly in the Centre-Val de Loire, a sober witness to medieval limousine religious architecture.

Eglise romane
18190 Corquoy

The priory of Grandmont, founded in the 12th century in Corquoy, is a former grandmontain monastery in Romanesque style, abandoned in the 16th century, located in the Centre-Val de Loire.

Abbaye
18300 Saint-Satur

The Abbey of Saint-Satur, formerly abbey of Saint-Guinefort from the 14th to the 18th century, is located in Saint-Satur in the Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire. Classified as a historical monument, it combines medieval architecture and modern reconstructions.