Saint-Maurin, the only village in France of that name, is named after the saint to whom the village"s 11th-century abbey ...
The Abbaye Blanche ('White Abbey'), was a nunnery founded in 1112 in Mortain. Shortly after establishing an abbey f ...
The Abbey of Saint-Savin-en-Lavedan was a Benedictine abbey in the commune of Saint-Savin and one of the most important ...
Saint-Michel de Grandmont Priory was built in the 12th century and is one of the best-preserved of the 160 Grandmontine monas ...
The abbey of our Lady of Bonport was founded in 1189 by Richard the Lionheart, King of England and Duke of Normandy. Accordin ...
Ligugé Abbey, or the Abbey of St. Martin of Ligugé, is a Benedictine monastery in Ligugé, Vienne, France. Founded in 361 b ...
The Augustinian priory here was founded in 1080, on land donated by the Alquier noble family of Béziers. A new church was ...
Bonneval Abbey was founded as a monastery of Cistercian monks in Le Cayrol. Bonneval Abbey was founded in 1147 by Cistercian ...
The Abbey Church of Notre-Dame, sometimes referred to as 'Montivilliers Abbey' dates back to 684, although it was destroyed a ...
Founded in c. 1020 by Guillaume de Bellême known as 'Talvas', Lonlay Abbey was originally occupied by the mon ...
Blasimon Benedictine abbey was founded in the 10th century. The 12th century church is still standing, restored in the 15th a ...
Arthous Abbey (formerly known as the Abbey of St. Mary of Arthous) was founded in 1167 in a deserted area bordering the Basqu ...
Gorze Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Gorze in the present arrondissement of Metz, near Metz in Lorraine. It was founde ...
The Benedictian Abbey of Pontlevoy (Abbaye de Pontlevoy) was established in 1034. It made the town an important commercial an ...
Chéhéry Abbey was founded in the mid-12th century and it grew larger in the 14th century. It was devastated several times i ...
Fontenelles Abbey was an Augustinian monastery in the former commune of Saint-André-d"Ornay. The abbey was founded in ...
Saorge was a stronghold of strategic significance defending the road between Nice and Turin via the Col de Tende mountain pas ...
Clairvaux Abbey (Clara Vallis) was a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, 15 kilometres from Bar-sur-Aube. The origi ...
The town of Lucq-de-Béarn developed in the tenth century around the Abbey of Saint Vincent, founded around 970 AD. It has a ...
The Abbaye de Fontcaude is a 12th century abbey in Cazedarnes, 20 km from Beziers. Ruined after the Revolution, the abbay has ...