Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Orne

Eglise gothique
61130 Saint-Cyr-la-Rosière

The priory of Sainte-Gauburge, founded in the 11th century in Saint-Cyr-la-Rosière in Normandy, is a Gothic and Renaissance monastic ensemble that now houses the Perche ecomuseum. Ranked a historical monument in 1980, it illustrates the religious architecture of the Perch between the 13th and 16th centuries.

Abbaye
61380 Soligny-la-Trappe

The Abbaye de la Trappe, a Cistercian monastery founded in the 12th century in Soligny-la-Trappe in Normandy, is famous for its Trappist reform initiated by Rancé in 1660. Symbol of monastic rigour, it still radiates today.

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.

Prieuré
61120 Crouttes

The Priory Saint-Michel de Crouttes, founded at the end of the 10th century, is a former Benedictine priory located in Crouttes in Normandy, dependent on the Abbey of Jumièges, with buildings dating from the late 13th and 14th centuries.

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.

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.

Prieuré
61130 Dame-Marie

The Prioral Enclosure of Dame-Marie, dating from the 14th century, is a former Priory located in the Orne, Normandy, including church, house and gate.

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.