Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Indre-et-Loire

37000 Tours

The former abbey of Saint-Martin, in Tours, was a 13th century medieval collegiate, major centre of Christian pilgrimage, now reduced to remains classified as the Charlemagne Tower and the Renaissance cloister.

37000 Tours

Beaumont Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in 1002 in Tours (Indre-et-Loire), was one of the most influential female monasteries in Touraine until its partial destruction after the French Revolution. Its 18th century abbey house, called Condé Pavilion, is the main preserved vestige.

37320 Cormery

The former Benedictine abbey of Saint Paul de Cormery, founded in the 8th century and rebuilt from the 11th to the 17th century, is a major medieval vestige in Indre-et-Loire, marked by its Romanesque bell tower-porch and partially preserved convent buildings.

37400 Amboise

The former Priory Saint-Thomas, founded in the 12th century in Amboise, preserves remains of the 16th century, including a house and a runaway, inscribed in historical monuments in 1949.

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37320 Esvres

The priory of Saint-Pierre de Vontes, founded in the 11th century in Esvres (Indre-et-Loire), is a former Benedictine priory whose remains remain a 13th century chapel and fortified remains, inscribed in historical monuments in 2001.

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37460 Villeloin-Coulangé

The Priory of Notre-Dame and Saint-Étienne de Villiers, founded in the 12th century in Villeloin-Coulangé (Indre-et-Loire), is a former grandmontan monastery classified as a historical monument, a witness to medieval religious architecture in the Centre-Val de Loire.

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37260 Pont-de-Ruan

The Priory of Notre-Dame de Relay, founded around 1100 in Pont-de-Ruan en Touraine, is a former priory fontevrist of the twelfth century, partially preserved with elements of the sixteenth century, now transformed into houses and barns.

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37380 Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines

The Priory of Notre-Dame de Chenusson, built in the 16th century in Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines, is an ancient monastic complex whose prioral home remains, marked by Renaissance elements like a painted fireplace and carved windows.