Saint-Philibert Abbey

Name: Abbaye Saint-Philibert
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye Saint-Philibert

Permanences and guided tours of the church windows by the Parish

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

PAH

The Parish and its volunteers welcome you to answer all your questions and reveal the secrets of the church’s stained glass windows.
To find out more :
Website of the Pastoral Care of Tourism

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À propos du lieu

Abbaye Saint-Philibert

Place de l'Abbaye, 71700 Tournus

Saône-et-Loire
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Built by the monks fleeing Noirmoutier before the Norman invader, to shelter the relics of their Holy Founder Philibert, the abbey of Tournus is one of the most prestigious shrines of the first Romanesque art. Remarkably preserved, it dominates with its pink and ochre stones the city of Tournus on the right bank of the Saône. The interior of the abbey surprises by its size, its height under the vault, the light of the nave and the great nave as well as by the slender pillars and the vault formed by transverse cradles. The abbey house a crypt and the chapel of Saint-Michel. Medieval mosaics representing the zodiac are now visible. Connected to the church by the parlor, the abbey buildings bring together the cloister, the chapter hall, the refectory and the cellar.