Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Dordogne

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24530 La Chapelle-Faucher

The Priory of Notre-Dame de Puymartin, founded in the 12th century at La Chapelle-Faucher (Dordogne), is a uniquely nave Catholic church marked by reconstructions in the 15th century after the ravages of the Hundred Years War.

Chartreuse
24170 Grives

The cartreuse du Breuil, built in the 18th century in Grives in the Dordogne, is a historic residence inscribed with historical monuments, linked to the Delfau family and the perigordine architecture.

Chartreuse
24210 La Bachellerie

The Chartreuse des Fraux, built in the 18th century in La Bachellerie, Dordogne, is a historic estate of the Chartreuse type, marked by its classical architecture and its wine-growing outbuildings.

Abbey
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.

Romanesque Church
24400 Les Lèches

The former priory of Tresseroux, also called chapel of the Three Sisters, is a 12th century Benedictine Romanesque chapel located in the Lèches (Dordogne), the only vestige of a medieval priory dependent on the abbey of Ligueux.

Priory
24620 Tamniès

The priory of Tamniès, founded in the 14th century in Tamniès, New Aquitaine, is a former Benedictine priory dependent on the abbey of Sarlat, marked by reconstructions in the 19th century.

Priory
24240 Thénac

The priory of Monbos, founded in the 12th century in Thénac in the Dordogne, is a Romanesque church with a unique nave, classified as a historical monument, known for its historic capitals and its arched apse in cul-de-four.

Romanesque Church
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.