Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Two Sèvres

Priory
79400 Azay-le-Brûlé

The Priory Saint-Barthelemy d'Azay-le-Brûlé, founded in the 12th and 15th centuries, is a fortified Benedictine former priory located in New Aquitaine, marked by its 16th century cloister and medieval church.

Priory
79130 Allonne

The Priory of Bois-d'Allonne, a former Grandmontan monastery of the 12th and 17th centuries, is located in Allonne (Deux-Sèvres). Ranked a historic monument in 1987, it combines Romanesque and Gothic architecture in a preserved setting.

Abbey
79000 Niort

The Abbey of Saint-Liguaire, founded in the 10th century in Niort, is a former Romanesque and Renaissance monastery, marked by reconstructions in the 16th and 17th centuries after the Wars of Religion.

Abbey
79240 L'Absie

The Absie Abbey, founded in the 12th century in L'Absie in New Aquitaine, is an ancient Benedictine abbey of which the church remains, a wing of the cloister and some Roman and medieval buildings.

Abbey
79600 Airvault

Saint-Pierre d'Airvault Abbey, founded in the 10th century, is a former Augustinian abbey located in Airvault (Deux-Sèvres), marked by reconstructions in the 12th, 13th and 17th centuries. Its abbey, partially preserved, bears witness to its rich religious and architectural past.

Romanesque Church
79600 Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes

The abbey of Saint-Jouin de Marnes, founded in the fourth century, is a major Romanesque building of the Poitou located in Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes (Deux-Sèvres). Its abbey church, rebuilt in the 11th and 11th centuries, bears witness to a rich monastic and pilgrim past.

Gothic Church
79400 Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole

The former Abbey of Saint-Maixent-l'École, transformed into a Canclaux barracks, is a 17th and 18th century religious building located in the Deux-Sèvres, New Aquitaine. This historic monument, marked by a rich monastic and military history, combines Gothic architecture and Romanesque remains.

Abbey
79370 Celles-sur-Belle

The Royal Abbey of Celles-sur-Belle, a religious building of the 15th and 17th centuries, combines Gothic and classical architecture in the Deux-Sèvres. Classified as a historical monument, it dominates the Belle Valley.