Bonnevaux Abbey

The abbey attained wealth through various privileges and endowments, including a number from the Dauphin, and possessed fifteen granges in Villeneuve-de-Marc, Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche, Beaurepaire, Primarette, Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde and Diémoz.

The tumultuous period of the French Revolution led to the dissolution of the abbey, further looting, the igniting of fires, and ultimately, its utilization as a quarry.

A painting of about 1750 shows the precinct layout, with the church and its prominent western tower to the north, and the conventual buildings to the south of it.

On the site of the monastery a memorial, consisting of a cross with an inscribed tablet, was set up in 1933 by Tamié Abbey.

In 2017 the World Community for Christian Meditation purchased and began to renovate the former Cistercian abbey.