Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Dawn

Monastery
10000 Troyes

The monastery of the Visitation of Troyes, a religious building of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, is located in the Dawn in the Great East. Ranked and listed as a historical monument in 1984, it combines Baroque chapel and convent buildings.

Abbey
10270 Montiéramey

Saint-Pierre de Montiéramey Abbey, founded in the 9th century in Montiéramey (Aube, Grand Est), is a former Benedictine abbey marked by reconstructions in the 17th and 18th centuries. Classified as a Historical Monument, it preserves an abbey house, a cloister and typical outbuildings of Champagne religious architecture.

Abbey
10000 Troyes

The abbey of Saint-Martin-ès-Aires, founded in the 9th century in Troyes, is a former Augustinian monastery transformed in the 17th to 19th centuries, now home to educational institutions in classified buildings.

Abbey
10000 Troyes

Saint-Loup de Troyes Abbey, founded in the 9th century and rebuilt in the 17th century, was an emblematic monastery of Troyes (Great East), famous for its relics and medieval scriptorium.

Abbey
10400 Ferreux-Quincey

The former Abbey of Paraclet, founded in the 12th century by Abélard and Héloïse in Ferreux-Quincy (Aube), was a prestigious Benedictine female monastery, marked by a rich intellectual and musical history, before its gradual destruction from the 17th century.

Abbey
10100 Romilly-sur-Seine

The Abbey of Sellières, a former 18th-century Cistercian abbey in Romilly-sur-Seine (Aube), is famous for temporarily sheltering the burial of Voltaire. Only the abbatial home remains today.

Abbey
10500 Brienne-la-Vieille

The abbey of Basse-Fontaine, a former 12th century pre-demonstrated abbey, is located in Brienne-la-Veille in the Aube, in the heart of the woods of Brienne, near the castle of Brienne and the Aube.

Abbey
10310 Ville-sous-la-Ferté

Clairvaux Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century in Ville-sous-la-Ferté in the Dawn, was a major spiritual home before becoming a prison. Its medieval and classical architecture bears witness to its rich monastic and prison past.