Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Bouches-du-Rhône

Gothic Church
13150 Tarascon

The Saint-Honorat Abbey of Tarascon, built between the 14th and 17th centuries, is a historical monument located in Tarascon in the Bouches-du-Rhône, known for its vestiges of cloister and its classified portal.

Priory
13100 Aix-en-Provence

Former 17th-century Hospitallers' House in Aix-en-Provence, classified as a historical monument, now home to the Granet Museum in the Bouches-du-Rhône.

Priory
13200 Arles

The Grand Priory of the Order of Malta, located in Arles in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, is an emblematic historical monument of the city, linked to the medieval and hospitable heritage of the region.

Abbey
13200 Arles

The Abbey of Saint-Césaire d'Arles, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 6th century, is a historic monument located in Arles, marked by a rich monastic history and architectural transformations from the 11th to the 20th century.

Ermitage
13016 Marseille 16ème

The cave-hermitage of the Aygalades, located in Marseille (16th), is a medieval troglodytic site classified as Historic Monument. One of the first hermitages of the Carmes in France, dated around 1244, dominates the A7 motorway in the northern districts.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
13420 Gémenos

The abbey of Saint-Pons, founded in 1205 in Gémenos (Bouches-du-Rhône), is an ancient Cistercian abbey of women, today a departmental park and listed historical monument, emblematic of Provencal Romanesque architecture.

Romanesque Church
13210 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

The Saint-Paul-de-Mausole Monastery, a Romanesque jewel of the 11th-XIIth centuries in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, combines religious history and artistic heritage, famous for having inspired Vincent van Gogh in 1889-1890.

Romanesque Church
13007 Marseille

The Saint-Victor Abbey of Marseille, founded in the 5th century by Jean Cassien, is a fortified monastery located in the Old Port. This high town of Provencal Catholicism, classified as a historical monument, houses paleo-Christian crypts and a medieval basilica, witnesses of 15 centuries of religious and architectural history.