Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Charente

Eglise romane
16330 Saint-Amant-de-Boixe

The abbey of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, a former Benedictine abbey of the 12th century located in Charente, is a Romanesque jewel marked by its monastic history and its role on the way to Santiago de Compostela.

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.

Prieuré
16310 Cherves-Châtelars

The priory of Châtelars, founded in the 11th century in Cherves-Châtelars, New Aquitaine, is an ancient religious monument of which only remains ruins, including sculpted capitals classified.

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.

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.

Abbaye
16140 Tusson

The Abbey of the Ladies of Tusson, founded in the 12th century in Tusson (Charente), was a double priory of the order of Fontevraud, combining convent of the Ladies and Men, marked by a rich monastic history and remarkable architectural remains.

Eglise romane
16420 Lesterps

Lesterps Abbey, a former 11th-century Augustine abbey located in Lesterps, Charente (New Aquitaine), is famous for its 43-metre Romanesque bell tower and its turbulent medieval history, marked by successive destructions and reconstructions.

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.