Progressive abandonment fin XVe siècle (≈ 1595)
Only one religious present before decommissioning.
1771
Description of the report
Description of the report 1771 (≈ 1771)
State of the premises of the convent buildings.
7 février 1994
Registration Historic Monument
Registration Historic Monument 7 février 1994 (≈ 1994)
Protection of the church and hold of buildings.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Church, with the right of way to the ground of the old convent buildings (Box A 471-473): inscription by decree of 7 February 1994
Key figures
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Origin and history
The grandmontain priory of Chavanon, located in Combronde in Puy-de-Dôme, was founded around 1130 and erected as a priory in 1317. This 12th century monument illustrates the sober and functional architecture of the Grandmontans, with its exterior columns, archvolts without crossettes and a neat apparatus. Today only the church remains, with the other convent buildings, including an 18th century house, demolished.
As early as the 14th century, the priory went into decline because of commissatary priors who diverted his income without ensuring his maintenance. In the 15th century, only one religious still lived there, and the site was abandoned during the Wars of Religion. A 1771 report describes the remains then visible: the church, a cloister with wells, as well as the houses housing kitchens, refectory, cells, and other conventual spaces.
Conventual buildings, organized around the cloister, included spaces dedicated to community life (refectory, guest room) and logistics ( stables, stake). The priory, inscribed in the Historical Monuments in 1994, today bears witness to the turbulent history of this religious order and its characteristic architecture.
