Prieuré de La Réole, Benedictine priory in La Réole, France.

Prieuré de La Réole is a former Benedictine priory on the Garonne in Gironde. Its long light-beige stone range has three storeys, tall ground-floor windows, a dark grey hipped roof with dormers, and a taller hipped pavilion at the centre of the roofline; a second wing extends left, and a stone tower with arched openings rises behind on the right. The church was rebuilt between the late 12th and early 13th century, and the nave was vaulted in the 1680s under architect Urbain Théry.

Charlemagne is said to have founded a Benedictine convent here in 777, destroyed by the Normans in 848. Bishop Gombaud of Bazas and his brother William Sanche restored it in 977 under the Rule of Saint Benedict, giving it the Latin name Regula. Protestant troops under Captain Jean Favas burned the priory in 1577; the monks adopted the Maurist reform in 1627 and finished rebuilding in 1629.

The name La Réole comes from the Latin word Regula, reflecting the Benedictine rule that shaped monastic life here. This religious heritage remains part of how locals understand their town's identity.

The priory stands on the right bank of the Garonne in La Réole, its long facade rising above a stone retaining wall. The church, rebuilt between the late 12th and early 13th century, was shortened by two bays by order of Henry III in 1254. The nave received sexpartite vaults only in the 1680s, under the architect Urbain Théry.

The 1925 listing protects the priory, but three elements are classified separately: the grand staircase, the wrought-iron gate, and the wooden door with its wrought-iron transom. The church itself was shortened by two bays in 1254 on the order of Henry III, after the town seized the castle during the 1253 siege.