Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in Maine-et-Loire

Ermitage
49350 Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault

The Saint-Jean Hermitage is a Catholic chapel from the 4th quarter of the 11th century located in Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault, Maine-et-Loire, classified as a historical monument in 1995.

Abbey
49000 Angers

Saint-Serge d'Angers Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in the 7th century, is a 13th, 17th and 18th century religious building located in Angers, Pays de la Loire, partially classified as a historical monument.

Abbey
49000 Angers

Saint-Nicolas d'Angers Abbey, founded in the 11th century, is a former Benedictine abbey located in Maine-et-Loire, marked by reconstructions in the 13th and 18th centuries. Today, it houses a religious congregation and a retirement home.

Abbey
49390 Vernantes

The abbey of Louroux, founded in the 12th century in Vernantes (Land of the Loire), is an ancient Cistercian abbey marked by angevin Gothic architecture. Its ruins, classified as historical monument, bear witness to its medieval importance.

Romanesque Church
49490 Dénezé-sous-le-Lude

The abbey of la Boissière, a former Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century in Denezé-sous-le-Lude (Pays de la Loire), preserves medieval remains and a Romanesque choir, marked by its history linked to the True Cross and the Crusades.

Romanesque and Gothic Church
49700 Cizay-la-Madeleine

The Asnière Abbey, founded in the 12th century in Cizay-la-Madeleine in Pays de la Loire, is a former Benedictine abbey listed as a historical monument, marked by an angeline Gothic architecture and a turbulent history until the 18th century.

Priory
49260 Montreuil-Bellay

The Priory of the Nobis, a former Benedictine priory and then Maurist from the 12th to the 18th century, stands in Montreuil-Bellay (Maine-et-Loire). Its ruins and convent buildings of the eighteenth testify to a rich monastic past in Anjou.

Priory
49250 Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne

The Priory of Saint-Rémy, founded in the 10th century in Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne in Anjou, is a historical monument famous for its medieval fresco and Renaissance fireplace, on the banks of the Loire.