Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

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Relics of Saint Anthony, brought back from the East around 1070, made this Isère village a pilgrimage centre and the mother house of the Antonine order, which nursed victims of Saint Anthony's fire. Its great Gothic abbey church still towers over lanes of half-timbered houses and mullioned windows, in hills rolling towards the Vercors. Viewers of a French television show chose it as their favourite village in 2025.

Highlights

The Gothic abbey church, built between the 13th and 15th centuries
The museum in the rebuilt novitiate, telling the story of the Antonine order
The great organ built in 1620–1625, back in the church since 1982
Narrow lanes of half-timbered houses with carved façades

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (FR), Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 1,195

Things to see

Musée de Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye (FR)

Events through the year

Pig'halle Music and arts · June
Festival Textes en l'air Music and arts · Last week of JulyTheatre with the authors present, concerts, talks and poetry walks
Saint-Antoine en Moyen Âge Historical · A weekend in July or August160 performers, street shows and a medieval craft market; new theme yearly

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Translated and adapted from open data: Panorama des festivals, Ministère de la Culture, updated 2025-08-27 (Licence Ouverte 2.0).