Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Sarthe

Priory
72330 Oizé

Priory Sainte-Marie-Madeleine d'Oizé, a 12th century Benedictine priory located in Oizé en Sarthe, presents a chapel combining Romanesque and ogival traces, classified as a historical monument since 1989.

Priory
72610 Rouessé-Fontaine

The Priory Saint-Augustin de Rouessé-Fontaine, religious building of the 15th, 18th and 20th centuries, is located in the Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire. Its facades and roofs have been classified as historical monuments since 1974.

Priory
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.

Priory
72500 Dissay-sous-Courcillon

The priory of Dissay-sous-Courcillon, built in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 13th, 15th, 18th and 20th centuries, is a historical monument located in the Sarthe, Pays de la Loire. Former Benedictine priory, he illustrates local religious architecture.

Priory
72510 Château-l'Hermitage

The Priory of Château-l'Hermitage, founded in the 12th century in Château-l'Hermitage (Sarthe), is a former Augustin Priory listed as a historical monument, marked by a Gothic Prioral Church and a partially preserved cloister.

Abbey
72400 Cherreau

Notre Dame de la Pelice Abbey, a 12th century Benedictine Abbey, is located in Cherreau en Sarthe. Founded in 1170 by Bernard III de La Ferté, it preserves an 18th century abbey house.

Priory
72260 Dangeul

The Priory of Mayanne, a former monastery founded in the 11th century in Dangeul (Sarthe), was renovated in the 15th and 16th centuries. Ranked a historic monument in 2013, it combines Romanesque chapel, medieval house and exceptional tithe barn.

Gothic Church
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.