Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the English Channel

Eglise romane et gothique
50450 Percy-en-Normandie

Hambye Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 12th century in Hambye (Manche), is a Norman Gothic jewel partially in ruins, classified as a historical monument. Its restored remains bear witness to its religious and seigneurial past between the Middle Ages and the Revolution.

Eglise romane
50430 Lessay

Sainte-Trinité de Lessay Abbey, founded in the 11th century, is a Romanesque Benedictine abbey located in Lessay, Normandy. A masterpiece of Norman architecture, it was restored after its destruction in 1944 and remains an exceptional testimony of Romanesque art.

50320 Hocquigny

The former Priory of Hocquigny, built in the 12th and 13th centuries, is a historic monument located in Normandy, known for its architectural elements protected as a gemini window and a granite credence.

Eglise romane
50320 La Lucerne-d'Outremer

The Abbey of La Lucerne d'Outremer, founded in the 12th century in La Lucerne-d'Outremer in Normandy, is a former monastery pre-demonstrated by Romanesque and Gothic architecture, partially classified as historical monuments.

50170 au Mont-Saint-Michel

The Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, a Gothic jewel and Romanesque of the 11th-XVIth centuries, dominates a rocky island in Normandy. This Benedictine monastery, classified at UNESCO, combines religious history, medieval architecture and national symbolism since its legendary foundation in 708 by Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches.

Eglise romane
50640 Savigny-le-Vieux

Savigny Abbey, founded in the 12th century in Savigny-le-Vieux in Normandy, was a Savignian and then Cistercian abbey, head of an influential monastic order, now partially in ruins but classified as historical monuments.

Abbaye
50390 Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte

The Abbey of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, founded around 1080 by Néel III, is a Benedictine abbey located in the Manche, Normandy. Destroyed and rebuilt several times, it combines Romanesque and flamboyant Gothic architecture.

Eglise fortifiée
50200 Gratot

The Hermitage Saint-Gerbold de Gratot, a 15th century religious building transformed into a hermitage in the 17th century, is a rare testimony of hermitic life in Normandy, located in Gratot in the English Channel.