Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Orne

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.

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
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.