Free and guided tour of Nieul Abbey on Autism

Name: Visite libre et guidée de l'abbaye de Nieul sur l'Autise
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye saint-vincent

Discovery of Nieul Abbey on Autism

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

Nestled in the heart of a village of character, the Département de la Vendée invites you to discover the Abbey Saint-Vincent de Nieul sur l'Autise, one of the rare complete monastic ensembles of Bas-Poitou. A perfect example of the rigour of monastic life at the time, the 12th century cloister is today the only fully preserved Romanesque cloister in western France.
http://www.sitesculturels.vendee.fr/Abbaye-de-Nieul-s-l-Autise

À propos du lieu

Abbaye saint-vincent

1, allée du Cloître, 85240 Nieul-sur-l'Autise

Vendée
Pays de la Loire

Founded in 1068, made up of Genovesi and then Augustinian canons (1139), the abbey enjoyed the privileges of the Dukes of Aquitaine, the kings of France and then of the Plantagenets and experienced a rapid as well as important development. Partially destroyed during the Wars of Religion, it recovered badly despite the reconstructions of Abbé Brissac in 1630-1640, and it was abandoned in favor of the Chapter of La Rochelle in 1715\. Of this prestigious ensemble still remain: a church of the Poitevin type, which is distinguished by a sober nave, with marked verticality, and a very ornate facade (historical capitals, carved panels); around the well-preserved Romanesque cloister, With semicircular bays supported by columns, one also notices a Romanesque portal with three volts very worked, opening formerly on the refectory, today disappeared. Abbey church, cloister, museography on Romanesque sculpture in the dormitory, musical galleries exhibiting reconstructions of medieval instruments, w