Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Dordogne

Monastère
24200 Sarlat-la-Canéda

Former 17th-century monastery in Sarlat-la-Canéda, New Aquitaine, including a Baroque church and a cloister listed as a Historic Monument. Symbol of the Catholic Counter-Reformation after the Wars of Religion.

Eglise romane
24440 Sainte-Croix

The Priory of Sainte-Croix-de-Beaumont, located in Sainte-Croix, Dordogne, is an unfortified medieval mansion dating from the 1st quarter of the 14th century, classified as a historical monument. It illustrates the Aquitaine civil architecture of that time.

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.

Prieuré
24800 Saint-Jean-de-Côle

The former Priory of Saint-Jean-de-Côle, built in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a historic monument located in Dordogne, on the banks of the Cole River, incorporating a library and cloistered remains.

Eglise romane
24460 Sorges et Ligueux en Périgord

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Ligueux, founded in the 12th and 13th centuries, is a former Benedictine abbey located in Sorges and Ligueux in Périgord (New Aquitaine), partially restored in the 18th century. Its abbey church, classified as a historical monument, bears witness to remarkable Romanesque architecture.

Chartreuse
24700 Montpon-Ménestérol

The Chartreuse de Vauclaire, founded in the Middle Ages near Montpon-Ménesterol in the Dordogne, is an ancient Chartreuse abbey marked by a turbulent history, between abandonment, reconstruction and conversion into a psychiatric hospital in the 20th century.

Eglise romane
24390 Tourtoirac

The abbey of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Tourtoirac, founded in the 11th century, is an ancient Benedictine abbey located in Dordogne, famous for its triconque Romanesque church and its rich medieval past.

Abbaye
24310 Brantôme

Saint-Pierre de Brantôme Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 8th century in Brantôme, Dordogne, combines Romanesque architecture with troglodytic caves, in the heart of a natural site preserved by the Dronne River.