Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Somme

Abbey
80230 Saint-Valery-sur-Somme

Saint-Valery Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, presents vestiges of the 13th, 17th and 18th centuries, witness to its rich historical and monastic past in Picardie.

Abbey
80680 Saint-Fuscien

The Abbey of Saint-Fuscien, a former Benedictine abbey of the 17th and 18th centuries, is located in Saint-Fuscien in the Hauts-de-France. Founded in the sixth century, it was a major monastic and educational place before it was abolished in the Revolution.

Abbey
80830 L'Etoile

The Abbey of Moreaucourt, Priory of 12th century nuns, was located at L'Étoile in the Somme, in the Hauts-de-France region. Destroyed during the Revolution, its history remains marked by successive reconstructions.

Abbey
80000 Amiens

Saint-Jean-des-Prémontrés Abbey, founded in the 12th century in Amiens, is a former abbey of regular canons rebuilt in the 18th century. Its remains, classified as historical monuments, now house cultural activities in the Hauts-de-France.

Romanesque Church
80850 Berteaucourt-les-Dames

The abbey of Sainte-Marie de Berteaucourt, a former Benedictine abbey of the 11th century in Berteaucourt-les-Dames (Somme), bears witness to a rich religious and architectural past in Picardia, now partially preserved.

Abbey
80000 Amiens

The Abbey of Saint-Acheul, founded in the 11th century in Amiens, is a former Augustine abbey rebuilt in the 18th century, famous for its Jesuit-style abbey church and its link with St.Firmin, the first bishop of Amiens.

Abbey
80800 Corbie

The Royal Abbey Saint-Pierre de Corbie, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century in Corbie (Somme), was a major intellectual home of the Carolingian Renaissance and an influential political center in Picardia.

Abbey
80310 Crouy-Saint-Pierre

The Abbey of Gard, an ancient 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Crouy-Saint-Pierre in the Hauts-de-France, was founded in 1137 and marked by a turbulent history, especially during the Hundred Years War and the French Revolution.