Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Sarthe

Abbaye
72000 Le Mans

The former Saint Vincent Abbey, founded in the 6th century in Le Mans, is a medieval Benedictine monument transformed into Bellevue High School. Its 15th, 17th and 18th century buildings combine Maurist architecture and Romanesque heritage, classified as Historic Monuments in the Maillets district.

Eglise gothique
72170 Vivoin

The priory of Saint-Hippolyte de Vivoin, a former monastery of the 11th–12th centuries in Sarthe, combines Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance architecture. Its classified prioral church and medieval cellar make it a major historical site of the Pays de la Loire.

Abbaye
72000 Le Mans

Saint-Pierre de la Couture Abbey, an 18th-century Benedictine Abbey located in Le Mans in Sarthe, is now partially preserved with its abbey church and cloister, integrated into the prefecture.

Abbaye
72300 Solesmes

Sainte-Cécile de Solesmes Abbey, a Benedictine female monastery founded in 1866, is located in the Sarthe in Pays de la Loire. This emblematic place reconnects with the monastic tradition and the Gregorian plain-chant.

Monastère
72200 La Flèche

The monastery of the Visitation of La Flèche, founded in the middle of the seventeenth century in the Sarthe, is a former visiting convent maintaining its original claustral buildings (1651) and a remarkable carved wooden staircase, protected as Historic Monument since 1985.

Prieuré
72800 Luché-Pringé

The Priory of Luché-Pringé, a former medieval mansion from the 13th to the 16th century located in Anjou (Sarthe), served as a stop for pilgrims of Santiago de Compostela and was rebuilt after the Hundred Years War.

Abbaye
72140 Rouez

The Abbey of Champagne, a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1188, is located in Rouez en Sarthe. Transformed after the Revolution, it preserves remains classified as historical monuments, witness to its rich medieval and religious past.

Abbaye
72500 Vaas

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Vaas, founded in the 12th century, is a former Augustine abbey and then pre-demonstrated in Vaas en Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire. Its Gothic church and remains bear witness to a rich and turbulent medieval history.