Monastic life in the Alps

Apart from Tamié, where Cistercian life continues, most Savoyard monasteries have changed communities over the ages:

• In Hautecombe, the Cistercians were replaced by Benedictines and then by a community of Chemin Neuf,
• while at the Reposoir the Chartreux gave way to Carmelites.

Some monasteries have even ceased to exist:

• In Talloires, the mundane life of a luxurious hotel succeeded the prayers of the Benedictines, but in the mountain, overlooking the ancient monastery the Cave of Saint Germain remains a high place of prayer;
• At the Chartreuse d'Aillon, the Maison du Patrimoine du Parc naturel régional des Bauges was built in the only building that survived the destruction of the monastery.