Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Dordogne

Abbaye
24250 Domme

Domme Abbey, a former Augustine convent founded in the 14th century, is located in Domme, Dordogne. This historic monument, marked by the Wars of Religion, houses a 15th century chapel in a preserved medieval setting.

Chemins de Compostelle - Au bord des voies
24440 Saint-Avit-Sénieur

The former Abbey of Saint-Avit-Seneur, a 12th-century Romanesque building located in the Dordogne, is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its link to the roads of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle. This historic monument, marked by fires and restorations, houses medieval remains and a unique architecture.

Chartreuse
24110 Saint-Astier

The Chartreuse de Fareyroux, built in the early seventeenth century, is a Cartusian monastery located in Saint-Astier, New Aquitaine. This religious heritage bears witness to the monastic architecture of the modern era.

Eglise romane
24650 Chancelade

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Chancelade, founded in the 12th century in the Dordogne, is a monastic Romanesque complex remodeled in the 17th and 18th centuries, classified as a historical monument. It combines abbey church, convent buildings and a rich Augustinian past.

Eglise romane
24360 Saint-Estèphe

The Priory of Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Jean-Porte-Latine of Badenix, founded in the 12th century in Saint-Estèphe (Dordogne), is a former grandmontan monastery today in ruins, classified as a historical monument in 1938. Its remains include a church transformed into a barn and a vaulted capitular hall.

24290 Coly-Saint-Amand

The former abbey of Saint-Amand-de-Coly, founded in the 12th century in Dordogne, is a former Augustinian abbey of which only the abbey church and fortified remains remain. This emblematic monument of New Aquitaine bears witness to a rich history of destruction and reconstruction until the 15th century.

Eglise romane
24350 La Chapelle-Gonaguet

The Priory of Merlande, founded in the 12th century at La Chapelle-Gonaguet in the Dordogne, is a former Benedictine priory listed as a Historical Monument, enlarged in the 16th century. Its church and prioral residence illustrate the medieval and Renaissance architecture of the Périgord.

Eglise romane et gothique
24290 Saint-Amand-de-Coly

The abbey of Saint-Amand-de-Coly, former Augustinian abbey of the 6th century, stands in Saint-Amand-de-Coly in the Dordogne. Only its fortified abbey church remains today, witness to a rich monastic history in Black Perigord.