Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lanvaux

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Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lanvaux stands in Brandivy (Morbihan), in the Bretagne region of France. Adult admission costs 5 EUR. Only part of the building can be visited. Its opening hours and prices were verified at the source on November 6, 2026.

The Abbaye de Lanvaux estate, in Brandivy in the Morbihan, stands on the site of a Cistercian abbey founded in 1138 by the Blessed Abbot Ruaud at the request of Baron Alain I of Lanvaux. Visitors find an abbot's house from the early eighteenth century set within a park of nearly seven hectares, the remains of the former monastery, a fountain thought to date from the fifteenth century, the base of a chapel wall and a retting pit used until the early twentieth century. Bordered by the Loc'h river and backed by the Lanvaux and Floranges state forests, the site combines woodland walks with the traces of a turbulent history, religious first and then industrial.

What to know

• The estate also hosts workshops, seminars, weddings and holiday cottages, which may limit access to the heritage site on certain dates.
• The visit takes place outdoors, across a park of nearly seven hectares, with natural ground that may require a degree of mobility.
• No visiting hours or admission fees have been confirmed, so it is best to check directly with the estate.
• The heritage features to see include the main house, the Saint-Nicolas fountain, the remains of the Saint-Gildas and Saint-Nicolas chapel, and a former retting pit.

Practical information

Visit duration

60 min

Wheelchair access

Not verified

Dogs

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Parking

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Where this château is

Brandivy · Morbihan · Bretagne

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Address

150 Abbaye de Lanvaux, 56390 Brandivy

Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.

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Château phone number

+33 6 07 10 62 23

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Heritage status

Protection status unknown

Mérimée record IA00009503

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Frequently asked

Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lanvaux: how much is admission?

Adult admission is €5.

Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lanvaux: where to buy tickets?

Tickets are sold on the château’s official ticket office, linked at the top of this page.

What remains of the Lanvaux abbey?

The pillars of the entrance portico survive, along with the apse of the church, the footings and standing walls of the monastery buildings, the monks' fountain and the building that housed the refectory and the chamber of the abbots who succeeded one another from 1138 to 1681; it escaped destruction but was much altered over the centuries. The newer abbot's house, home of the last abbots and built at the end of the seventeenth century outside the abbey's strict enclosure, now holds the spaces given over to artistic, cultural and well-being activities. On the estate you can also walk to the Saint-Nicolas fountain, where a retting pit and the base of a wall of the Saint-Gildas and Saint-Nicolas chapel remain.

Can you visit the Lanvaux abbey?

The estate offers cultural activities, workshops and events around the main house and its park, as well as weekly guided heritage tours. It also welcomes visitors every September during the European Heritage Days.

What is the history of the site?

A Cistercian abbey was founded there in 1138 by the Blessed Abbot Ruaud at the request of Baron Alain I of Lanvaux, then ruined and dispersed during the Revolution in 1791, before a glassworks and later a foundry were built in the nineteenth century.

Where is the Abbaye de Lanvaux estate located?

It stands at 150 Abbaye de Lanvaux, in the commune of Brandivy, in the Morbihan, bordered by the Loc'h river and the Lanvaux and Floranges state forests.

Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Mérimée register.

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• Wikidata Q78660905
• Mérimée IA00009503
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