ROYAL MONASTERY OF BROU
A religious complex of flamboyant gothic style, with a magnificent ...Read more
ABBEY OF BELLAIGUE
Visit to discover a remarkable Cistercian abbey with a 17th century ...Read more
SAINT-AUSTREMOINE ABBEY-CHURCH
Saint-Austremoine Abbey with a polychrome interior in Issoire with a worked ...Read more
HAUTECOMBE ABBEY
Abbaye de Hautecombe classified as a historical monument, is a must-see and ...Read more
ARS BASILICA
Basilica of Ars in rotunda, with a gilded bronze shrine where Jean-Marie ...Read more
CARMELITE CONVENT-DOLPHIN MUSEUM
Convent of the Carmelites, residence of the Dauphins with vestiges, ...Read more
AUGUSTINIAN MONASTERY
Convent built by John II at the beginning of the 14th century with a ...Read more
DHAGPO KUNDREUL LING BUDDHIST MONASTERY
A Buddhist temple in Tibetan style, distinguished by its unusual, ...Read more
ABBEY OF AULPS-DISCOVERY AREA OF THE VALLEY
Read moreIn the heart of the Haut-Chablais, on a 2 hectare estate, the remains of one of the most important Cistercian abbeys in medieval Savoy. Aulps Abbey has been a place of pilgrimage since the 11th century. Founded in 1095 by monks who had left the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy, the abbey of Notre-Dame-d'Aulps became independent in 1120 and Guérin de Pont-à-Mousson, the second abbot of Aulps and bishop of Sion, died there in 1150. He was soon venerated as the patron saint of livestock. The last Cistercian monks were expelled in 1792 by the revolutionaries. After the fire of 1823, the inhabitants of the village recovered its stones to rebuild their houses. Only the remains of the abbey church, the gatehouse, the cellars and the old monastic farm remain. However, these ruins have a lot of allure and the site is remarkable in more ways than one! The church has preserved its magnificent 13th century façade and the glorious abbey was classified as a historical monument in 1902. Today, it houses an interpretation center, a store, an herbal tea room, a medieval garden and vegetable garden. There is an exhibition on the daily life of the monks, their community, the history of the Duchy of Savoy in the Middle Ages and the secrets of medicinal plants. You can discover the abbey as it was before its destruction with the 3D augmented reality application Abbayedaulps and the helmets available for rent at the reception. A unique experience!
ST. REGIS BASILICA
Basilica dedicated to Saint Jean-François Régis, one of the evangelizers ...Read more
SAINT-CESAIRE ABBEY
Former chapel of a Benedictine monastery founded by monks in Maurs, ...Read more
THE THEBAID
Place housing a U-shaped convent, with a chapel having stained glass ...Read more
GRANDE CHARTREUSE MONASTERY
Read moreIn 1084, seven monks in search of a secluded place were led to a raised valley above the Guiers Mort, itself dominated by the Grand Som (2,026 m). The travellers settled in. One of the monks, Saint Bruno, created the Carthusian monastic order. The Grande Chartreuse Monastery was born and the isolated site became known as the "Chartreuse Desert". During the centuries that followed, many Carthusian monasteries were created throughout the world. The monastery cannot be visited.
NOTRE-DAME ABBEY OF AIGUEBELLE
Cistercian abbey with a store offering a wide range of monastic products in ...Read more
HOLY MARY ABBEY
Guided tour in a Romanesque abbey church in Cruas, one of the most ...Read more
THE ABBAYE
Read moreThe history of the abbey is closely linked to the relics of Saint Antoine the Egyptian, with miraculous virtues, reported in Dauphiné circa 1070. Indeed, these relics would have the virtue of healing one of the scourges of the Middle Ages, the "evil of the Ardents" or "the Fire of Saint Anthony" which led to dementia. So it was around these relics that Benedictine monks built a church church from the th century. But these monks will soon be replaced by république, a hospital order of medical monks, while the abbey expands in a remarkable Gothic style. Knowing its fertile period during the th and th centuries, the abbey radiates through the Christian world, while important works make it one of the most flamboyant achievements, both by its architecture and its decoration. Impressive by its dimensions, 62 metres long, 32 metres wide and 22 metres high (larger than high, the abbey was first destined to receive many pilgrims), the whole lack neither grace nor elegance with its frescoes, statues and treasures. The abbatial buildings, attached to the Gothic church, allow to discover the République lifestyle and the power of order.
ST. ANTOINE THE GREAT MONASTERY
A monastery with books on Orthodoxy, located in the Vercors mountains a few ...Read more
AMBRONAY ABBEY
The Benedictine Abbey of Ambronay has been awarded the "Centre culturel de ...Read more
ABBAYE NOTRE-DAME-DES-NEIGES
An all-white abbey, located at an altitude of 1,100 m, in the middle of the ...Read more
LEONCEL ABBEY
Romanesque Cistercian abbey of the 12th century offering a haven of ...Read more