Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Loiret

Priory
45500 Saint-Gondon

The Priory of Saint-Gondon, a former 15th century monastery located in the Loiret, is a historic building attached to the Abbey of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, marked by an architecture combining brick and stone.

Priory
45390 La Neuville-sur-Essonne

The Priory of La Neuville-sur-Essonne, built in the 13th century and partially rebuilt around 1500, is an ancient religious monument located in the Loiret, in the Centre-Val de Loire. It keeps a tower and a turret staircase.

Romanesque Church
45190 Beaugency

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Beaugency, founded in the 11th-XIIth century, is an ancient Romanesque abbey located in the citadel of Beaugency (Centre-Val de Loire), a major witness of French medieval history, especially during the Hundred Years War.

Gothic Church
45450 Ingrannes

The abbey of the Cour-Dieu, founded in the 12th century in Ingrannes (Loiret), is a Cistercian abbey classified historical monument, marked by a rich medieval history and remarkable remains in the forest of Orléans.

Gothic Church
45230 Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron

Fontainejean Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey of the 12th and 13th centuries, stands at Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron in the Loiret. Its remains, inscribed in historical monuments in 1925, bear witness to a royal and monastic past marked by wars and revolution.

Romanesque Church
45730 Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire

Saint-Benoît de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire Abbey, founded in the 7th century, is an emblematic Benedictine abbey located in the Loiret, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its Romanesque and Gothic architecture, including its 11th century tower-porch, makes it a jewel of French religious and cultural heritage, classified as historical monuments and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Loire Valley.

Gothic Church
45210 Ferrières-en-Gâtinais

Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Ferrières Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, is a medieval jewel located in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais in the Centre-Val de Loire, marked by reconstructions in the 15th and 17th centuries after successive destructions.