page_title: List of Romanesque buildings
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: List of Romanesque buildings / List / France
caption_attribution_description: Abbaye de Jumièges, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie
context_page_description: Listed below are examples of surviving buildings in Romanesque style in Europe, sorted by modern day countries.
context_section_description: Romanesque architecture expands in France through monasteries. Burgundy was the center of monastic life in France - one of the most important Benedictine monasteries of medieval Europe was located in Cluny. Pilgrimages also contributed to expansion of this style. Many pilgrims passed through France on their way to Santiago de Compostela.
  French Romanesque schools of architecture, which are specific for every region, are characterised by the variety of stone vaulting.
  Regions that developed distinctive styles are:
  Burgundy
  abbey church, Cluny
  Saint-Bénigne, Dijon
  Autun
  St Philibert at Tournus
  Provence
  Church of St. Trophime and cloister, Arles
  Tour Fenestrelle, Uzès
  Abbey of Sénanque, Gordes
  Le Thoronet Abbey, Brignoles
  Fréjus Cathedral, Fréjus
  Silvacane Abbey, La Roque-d'Anthéron
  Montmajour Abbey, Arles
  Aquitaine
  Saint-Front, Périgueux
  Notre-Dame-la-Grande, Poitiers
  Saint-Pierre, Angoulême
  Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux
  Auvergne
  Saint-Foy, Conques
  Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
  Notre-Dame-du-Port, Clermont-Ferrand
  Saint-Austremoine, Issoire
  Notre-Dame, Orcival
  Normandy
  Saint-Étienne, Caen,
  abbey church, Jumièges, Seine-Maritime
  abbey church of Saint-Georges-de-Boscherville, Seine-Maritime
  Sainte-Trinité, Caen, Calvados
  Cerisy-la-Forêt, Manche
  Lessay, Manche
  abbey church, Mont Saint-Michel, Avranches
  Saint-Nectaire
  Saint-Saturnin
  Sainte-Madeleine, Vezelay
  Basilica of Paray-le-Monial
  Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
  Chapaize
  Abbatiale de Cruas
  Abbey of Vigeois, Limousin
  Fontevraud Abbey
  Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, Roussillon
caption: Romanesque abbey church of Jumièges, Normandy
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