Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Meuse

Abbaye
55250 Lisle-en-Barrois

The Abbey of Lisle-en-Barrois, founded around 1140 in the Meuse, was a powerful Cistercian abbey of the Great East. Its ogival abbey church and rich heritage made it an influential place until its dissolution in 1790.

Eglise de style classique
55500 Stainville

The Jovilliers Abbey, an 18th-century pre-demonstrated abbey in Stainville (Meuse), is a classical stone complex, marked by an imposing facade and a preserved cloister, now partially exploited in agriculture.

Chapelle
55250 Beaulieu-en-Argonne

The hermitage of Saint-Rouin is a 20th century modern chapel, located in Beaulieu-en-Argonne (Meuse), rebuilt on a former medieval oratory in the forest of Argonne.

Eglise gothique
55300 Saint-Mihiel

The Abbey of Saint-Mihiel, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 8th century in Saint-Mihiel (Great East), is famous for its 18th century library and its major cultural role until the Revolution.

Abbaye
55200 Geville

The abbey of Rangéval, an 18th-century pre-demonstrated abbey in Geville (Meuse), illustrates classical religious architecture with its half-cloister and preserved home, classified as a historical monument in 1965.

55600 Marville

The former refuge of Orval Abbey, located in Marville (Great East), is a 16th and 18th century building, mixing chapel, vaulted basement and significant architectural transformations.

Abbaye
55300 Lamorville

The abbey of Étanche, a pre-demonstrated 18th-century abbey located in Lamorville en Meuse, was rebuilt in 1770 after its destruction in 1632. Classified as a Historic Monument in 1984, it is now in a state of abandonment in the Great East.

Prieuré
55200 Commercy

The priory of Breuil, a former Benedictine monastery of the eighteenth century in Commercy (Great East), combines religious architecture and civil reassignments (sub-prefecture, normal school).