The Villelongue Cistercian monastery was first established on the lands of the neighbouring county of Saissac, before being t ...
Arles-sur-Tech is best known for its abbey, which allegedly holds the relics of Saints Abdon and Sennen in a sarcophagus call ...
Founded in the 10th century by Richard sans Peur (Richard the Fearless), duke of Normandy, the St. Taurin"s abbey church ...
Sarrance Monastery belonged to the Betharram Fathers who had replaced the Premonstratensians who left after the French Revolu ...
Situated on the northern side of the city, across the River Maine from the main old town area of the city, this delightful ab ...
Located in the Normandy countryside, near from the Mont Saint-Michel, the Abbey of Notre Dame of Hambye was founded around 11 ...
Paimpont Abbey was originally built by the King of Dumnonia in the 7th century, probably around 630 AD. It was destroyed by V ...
The Abbey of St. Martin, established in 1124 in Laon in northern France, was one of the earliest foundations of the Premonstr ...
The Abbey of St. John was a Benedictine monastery in Laon, France, from 1128 to 1766, which replaced a nunnery founded in 641 ...
Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in south-west France, founded in 1144, which today houses a museu ...
The Priory of Saint-Gabriel (Prieuré de Saint-Gabriel) was founded in 1058 to serve the ambitions of the Count of Creu ...
The Abbey of Saint-Roman is a cave monastery which includes the ruins of a castle (château de Saint-Roman-d"Aiguil ...
The monastery of Chartreuse St Sauveur, listed monument and unmissable site in the region, is a 15th century flamboyant Gothi ...
Redon Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Sauveur de Redon) is a former Benedictine abbey founded in 832 by Saint Conwoïon. Both Count R ...
The Abbey of St. Bertin was a Benedictine abbey, but today in ruins (the town's town-hall was built with stone from the abbey ...
Ardenne is the third largest abbey in Caen region. It was founded in 1121 by a small Christian community. During the 1789 Rev ...
Monastir del Camp ("The Monastery Camp") was, according a legend, founded by the request of Charlemagne after his v ...
In the mid-12th century, a priest named Turstin withdrew to a wooded Norman hill to live as a hermit, where he was quickly jo ...
Sablonceaux Abbey is a former Augustinian monastery established in 1136 by William X, Duke of Aquitaine. He initially support ...
Moyenmoutier abbey was founded by Saint Hydulphe in 671. In 915 the abbey was pillaged and torched by a Hungarian raiding pa ...