Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Dear

18110 Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny

The Priory Saint-Gilles and Saint-Loup de Bléron, founded in the 13th century in Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny (Cher), is a former Augustinian monastery marked by sober architecture and a monastic life focused on poverty and manual work.

18290 Chârost

The church of Saint-Michel, a former 12th-century collegiate church in Charost (Cher), combines Romanesque architecture and Gothic transformations. It was listed as a Historic Monument in 1910 and bears witness to the religious heritage of the Centre-Val de Loire.

18160 Chezal-Benoît

The former Saint-Pierre de Chezal-Benoît Abbey, founded in the 11th century, is a Benedictine monument of the 12th, 13th and 18th centuries, transformed into a specialized hospital in the Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire.

Priory
18000 Bourges

The priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs in Bourges is a Romanesque building from the 11th-XIIth century, the only vestige of a priory dependent on the abbey of Marmoutiers, partially preserved and transformed into a barn in the 19th century.

Priory
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.

Priory
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.

Romanesque Church
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.

Priory
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.