Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Orne

Abbaye
61200 Argentan

The Abbey of Notre-Dame d'Argentan, a former Benedictine abbey of the twelfth, fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, stands in Argentan, Normandy. Its remains, protected since 1986, bear witness to Norman Romanesque art and to a rich monastic history marked by destruction and rebirth.

61320 La Lande-de-Goult

The Priory of Goult, former priory of the twelfth, sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, is located in La Lande-de-Goult, Orne, Normandy. Its architecture combines Romanesque elements and subsequent reconstructions.

Abbaye
61100 Cerisy-Belle-Etoile

The abbey of Belle-Étoile, a former pre-demonstrated abbey of the 13th–15th centuries, stands in Cerisy-Belle-Étoile (Orne, Normandy). Founded in 1216, it preserves remains classified as tithe barn and medieval cloister, witness to its rich monastic and seigneurial past.

61120 Ticheville

The Priory of Ticheville, a 14th, 16th and 18th century religious building, stands in Normandy, marked by its medieval prioral residence and its historical outbuildings in wood.

61290 Longny les Villages

The priory of the Madeleine de Réno, a former Grandmontan priory and then Benedictine from the 13th to the 15th century, stands in Longny les Villages (Orne), with a chapel classified as a historical monument since 1983.

Prieuré
61400 Belforêt-en-Perche

The former Priory of Chènegallon, founded in the 12th century, is a grandmontain priory located in Belforêt-en-Perche (Orne), marked by a partial reconstruction in the 17th century and classified as a historical monument in 1973.

61570 Médavy

The Priory of Notre-Dame-du-Repos, a former 12th-15th-century monastery in Médavy (Orne), is an abandoned historical site, partially classified and listed as historical monuments since 1989–1990.

Eglise romane et gothique
61550 Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois

The abbey of Saint-Évroult, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, stands in ruins in Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, Normandy. Its remains, partially classified, bear witness to a rich and turbulent medieval history, marked by reconstructions in the thirteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.