Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Charente

Prieuré
16320 Boisné-La Tude

The Priory of Charmant, former lord's house of the Middle Ages, is located in Boisné-La Tude in Charente. Ranked a historical monument in 1925, it combines medieval architecture and Renaissance, with a nearby church classified in 1846.

Prieuré
16320 Ronsenac

The Priory of Ronsenac, founded by the order of Cluny before the end of the 11th century, is a historical monument located in Charente, mixing Romanesque architecture and medieval remains.

Eglise gothique
16400 La Couronne

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, founded in the 12th century at La Couronne in Charente, is a monastery of regular canons marking the introduction of Gothic in Angoumois. Its ruins bear witness to a rich medieval and modern history.

Eglise romane et gothique
16140 Marcillac-Lanville

The Priory of Notre-Dame de Lanville, founded in the 12th century in Marcillac-Lanville (Charente), is a former Augustinian monastery with a church, vestiges of the cloister and a prioral home of the 17th to 18th centuries, classified as Historic Monuments.

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.

Abbaye
16380 Charras

The abbey of Notre-Dame de Grosbot, an ancient Cistercian abbey of the 12th century, stands in Charras, Charente, in the heart of the Horte forest, witness to a rich monastic and architectural past between Angoulême and Périgueux.

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
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.