Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Dawn

Prieuré
10200 Bar-sur-Aube

The priory of Bar-sur-Aube, a former Benedictine priory of the 16th–15th centuries, is located in the Dawn, in the Great East. Ranked a historic monument in 1965, it was dependent on the abbey of Saint-Claude.

Abbaye
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.

Abbaye
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.

Abbaye
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.

Abbaye
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.

Abbaye
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.

Abbaye
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.

Abbaye
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.