Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Charente

Eglise romane
16360 Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde

Saint-Étienne Abbey of Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde, an 11th century Benedictine abbey located in Charente, is today the parish church of the village, marked by a rich and turbulent history.

Eglise romane
16100 Saint-Brice

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Châtre Abbey, located in Saint-Brice, Charente, is a 12th-century Romanesque abbey, famous for its domes and Saintongese architecture, classified as a historical monument in 1948.

Abbaye
16000 Angoulême

The Abbey of Saint-Cybard, a former Benedictine abbey of the 13th, 16th and 17th centuries, stands in Angoulême, New Aquitaine, marked by its monastic history and subsequent industrial transformations.

Eglise romane
16190 Aignes-et-Puypéroux

The former Abbey of Puyperoux, founded in the 11th century in Aignes-et-Puyperoux in New Aquitaine, is a monastic site marked by a Romanesque church and a rich religious history, transformed into a priory and then a parish worship.

Eglise romane
16380 Marthon

The Saint-Sylvestre Priory of Saint-Sauveur, founded in the 11th-XIIth century in Marthon, is an ancient religious and agricultural centre, now partially in ruins, bearing witness to Poitevin Romanesque architecture.

Eglise gothique
16120 Bassac

Saint-Étienne de Bassac Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 11th century in Bassac (Charente), combines Romanesque and Gothic architecture, marked by centuries of restorations and historical conflicts in New Aquitaine.

Eglise romane
16700 Nanteuil-en-Vallée

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Nanteuil, founded in the 9th century and rebuilt in the 12th-14th centuries, is an ancient Benedictine abbey in ruins located in Nanteuil-en-Vallée, New Aquitaine, famous for its Romanesque treasure and its role on the way to Compostela.

Eglise romane
16320 Combiers

The Priory of Rauzet, a former Grandmontan monastery of the 12th century, stands in Combiers in Charente. This preserved site, marked by a chapel and restored monastic buildings, illustrates the austerity and architecture typical of the order of Grandmont in New Aquitaine.