Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Upper Vienna

Eglise romane
87000 Limoges

The abbey of Saint-Martial de Limoges, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 9th century, was a major cultural and religious centre in Limousin. Located in the city of Limoges in New Aquitaine, it embodies an exceptional Gallo-Roman and medieval heritage.

Prieuré
87190 Saint-Léger-Magnazeix

The grandmontaine du Bronzeaux, founded in the 12th century in Saint-Léger-Magnazeix (New Aquitaine), is a former monastic priory, the only limousine vestige of the order of Grandmont, classified as a historical monument in 1999.

Prieuré
87600 Rochechouart

The priory of Saint-Sauveur de Rochechouart, a 16th-century vestige located in Rochechouart in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, preserves medieval frescoes and a rare painted decor, witness to its monastic past and its link with Charroux Abbey.

87240 Saint-Sylvestre

The former Grandmont Abbey, founded in the 12th century in Saint-Sylvestre, New Aquitaine, was the mother abbey of the Grandmont Order. Today reduced to protected archaeological remains, it bears witness to a rich monastic and architectural past in Limousin.

Prieuré
87500 Le Chalard

The former Priory Notre-Dame du Chalard, founded at the end of the 11th century in Le Chalard in Upper Vienna, is an Augustine monastery marked by its 12th century church and its turbulent medieval history.

Prieuré
87120 Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest

The priory of Sainte-Radegonde de Villevaleix, founded in the 12th century in Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest (Haute-Vienne), is a former Benedictine female priory dedicated to Radegonde de Poitiers, now partially classified as a historical monument.

Abbaye
87200 Saint-Junien

The Abbey of Saint-Amand, a religious building of the 12th and 17th centuries, dominates Saint-Junien in New Aquitaine, mixing medieval ruins and Franciscan conventual remains on a historical site linked to the hermit Amand.

Clocher-mur
87110 Solignac

Saint-Pierre de Solignac Abbey, founded in the 7th century near Limoges, is an emblematic Benedictine abbey of New Aquitaine, famous for its Romanesque architecture and its uninterrupted monastic history since 2021.