Ferrières Abbey was probably founded in about 630 by Columbanus, an Irish monk. It reached a height of prosperity in the tim ...
Cimiez Monastery and church that have been used by the Franciscan monks since the 1546. The church houses the Pietà, Cru ...
The Abbey of Saint-Arnould is a Benedictine abbey residing in Metz since the 6th century. It was named the Church of the Hol ...
The Abbey of Munster, also known as Saint Gregory"s Abbey was founded around 660. Its purpose was to promote Christianit ...
The Benedictine Sorde Abbey in the village Sorde-l’Abbaye was founded at the end of the 10th century on the banks of the Ga ...
Montmajour Abbey was a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 18th centuries. Until the late Middle Ages, ...
The Romanesque Abbey church was constructed in the mid-11th century and contains many beautiful 11th- and 12th-century murals ...
The Abbey of Saint-Gilles is included in the UNESCO Heritage List, as part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santi ...
Le Thoronet Abbey, sited between the towns of Draguignan and Brignoles, is one of the best examples of the spirit of the ...
Grande-Sauve Abbey or Sauve-Majeure Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery near the present village of La Sauve. Although no ...
Royaumont Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey built between 1228 and 1235 with the support of Louis IX. Several members of the ...
Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey. It was founded in about 1113 by Guillaume de Tancarville o ...
The Abbey of St. Jean des Vignes was a monastery of Augustinian Canons situated in the south western hills of Soissons. Only ...
Trois-Fontaines Abbey was the first daughter-house founded by Clairvaux Abbey, one of the four Cistercian primary abbeys. It ...
The Abbey Saint-Michel is intimately tied to the origins of Gaillac, a silent witness to the town’s long history. In 972 ...
The Abbey of Sainte-Trinité (the Holy Trinity), also known as Abbaye aux Dames, is a former monastery of women. The co ...
Charroux was a Benedictine abbey, founded in 785 by Roger, Count of Limoges. The abbey was said to have possessed the Holy Pr ...
Fleury Abbey (Floriacum), founded about 640, is one of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries of Western Europe. It poss ...
Established in 1150 by Galéran IV, the count of Meulan, Valasse Cistercian abbey (L’abbaye Notre-Dame du V&oelig ...
Originally devoted to Saint-Sernin, first bishop of Toulouse, the Saint-Hilaire abbey later took the name of Saint-Hilaire wh ...