Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Oise

Priory
60110 Amblainville

The Priory of the Trinity of Fay, in Amblainville, Oise, is a former medieval priory from the 13th, 16th and 17th centuries, partially preserved and classified as a historical monument in 1988.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
60127 Morienval

Notre-Dame de Morienval Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey of the ninth century, is famous for its 11th century Romanesque church, located in Morienval in the Hauts-de-France. Ranked a historic monument in 1840, it combines Carolingian architecture with Romanesque innovations, such as the broken arch and carved capitals of Celtic and Merovingian influences.

Gothic Church
60350 Saint-Jean-aux-Bois

The abbey of Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, founded in 1152 by Queen Adelaide de Savoie, is a former Benedictine abbey located in the Oise, in the forest of Compiègne. Its primitive Gothic church, classified as a historical monument, and its 12th century capitular hall make it a rare testimony to medieval monastic architecture.

Abbey
60200 Compiègne

The Abbey of Royallieu, a former Benedictine abbey of the 17th and 18th centuries, is located in Compiègne in the Hauts-de-France. Classified as a historic monument, it was an Augustinian priory before becoming a monastery of nuns.

Abbey
60690 Achy

Beaupré Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian abbey in Achy (Oise), was partially destroyed in the 18th century. Its remains, including the monumental entrance and mill, have been protected since 1988.

Wooden house
60220 Saint-Arnoult

The priory of Saint-Arnoult, a former Benedictine priory from the 15th to the 16th century in Saint-Arnoult (Oise), is distinguished by its carved wood-pan architecture and its link with the abbeys of Saint-Germer-de-Fly and Beaubec.

Gothic Church
60300 Senlis

Saint Vincent de Senlis Abbey, a former Augustinian abbey founded in the 11th century, is a Gothic and neo-classical jewel located in Senlis (Hauts-de-France). Its 12th century church and 17th century convent buildings make it an emblematic historical monument, now occupied by a private high school.

Gothic Church
60200 Compiègne

The Saint-Corneille Abbey of Compiègne, founded in the 9th century by Charles II le Chauve, was a Benedictine and collegial royal monastery of the Hauts-de-France, intimately linked to the history of the Carolingians and Capetians, before its partial destruction at the Revolution.