It is a Cluny College created at the end of the 15th century by a Benedictine from the Franche-Comté region: Antoine Roche, prior of Cluny, in order to receive and supervise religious who were...
Housed in the very first Cistercian nunnery founded in the 12th century and transferred to Dijon in the 17th century, the Perrin de Puycousin Museum of Burgundian life and the Museum of Sacred Art...
In 1098, a group of monks from Molesme Abbey arrived to an out way location – the Cîteaux forest – in order to lead a simple life, in line with the teaching of Gospel. Today, the Cîteaux Abbey is a...
The history and evolution of the Priory of La Charité will be told to you through a visit of the Notre-Dame church, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a "major stop on the pilgrimage route...
With the former abbey church, the pink sandstone cloister is the last medieval element of the Benedictine monastery of Luxeuil
On the keystones, you can see the coats of arms of the abbots who...
At the bend in the Armançon, the medieval town with its red roofs stands on a pink granite promontory. Once through the Sauvigny and Guillier gates, you will discover the charm of the cobbled streets...
The only preserved canonical cloister in Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The north wing is a contemporary restitution of a gallery that disappeared in the 19th century.
Built in the 12th century and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Saint Trophime cloister is a remarkable example of Romanesque and Provençal architecture. A visit is a must.
At the foot of the Alpilles, next to the Roman ruins of GLANUM, there has been, since about the year 1000, a monastery containing a beautiful Romanesque cloister where monks of different congregations...
Elne, episcopal seat from the 6th to the 17th century, has a magnificent Romanesque cathedral. The cloister, built in a remarkable white marble veined with blue, bears witness to the evolution between...
Visit the Romanesque cloister (polychrome marble), the church with its numerous altarpieces and its famous lintel (1019-1020) whose millennium is being celebrated .
Discover a cloister-cemetery unique in Europe!
The cloister-cemetery of Saint-Jean, called Campo Santo since its restoration, was built in the first third of the 14th century.
* Site managed by the...
The Benedictine priory of Vivoin plunges you into a place full of history mixing modern creation with exhibitions, conferences, artists' performances, in an environment of Gothic and Reniassance dtyle...
The abbey church of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil is undoubtedly the jewel of this Petite Cité de Caractère® ! Overlooking the Loire Valley on the Mont-Glonne, it has dominated the city and the royal river...
From antiquity to the 20th century, from the built heritage to parks and gardens, from museums to the rivers that cross it, Le Mans offers all the diversity and richness of a multiple heritage for its...
