September 2026

Saturday 19
- 09:00 - 18:00
Sunday 20
- 09:00 - 18:00

ancienne abbaye Saint-Jouin

6 Rte de Brie, 79600 Plaine-et-Vallées, France

Deux-Sèvres

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Opening of religious buildings

Name: Opening of religious buildings
Start: 2026-09-19T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-20T18:00:00+02:00
Location: ancienne abbaye Saint-Jouin

Opening for free visits of all the religious buildings in the commune of Plaine-et-Vallées.

19 and 20 September

Conditions

Free.

Opening for free visits of all the religious buildings in the commune of Plaine-et-Vallées.

September 2026

Saturday 19
- 09:00 - 18:00
Sunday 20
- 09:00 - 18:00

Additionnal information

Manifestation

Journées Européennes du Patrimoine

About the location

ancienne abbaye Saint-Jouin

6 Rte de Brie, 79600 Plaine-et-Vallées, France

Deux-Sèvres

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

From the Benedictine abbey, prosperous in the Middle Ages, there remains only a wall, a park and some remains dating from the 17th century and which belonged to the monastic building and the dependencies that surrounded it. The vast Romanesque church is luxuriously decorated. The apse and the chapels of the choir are decorated, on the outside, with arches in full arch covered with moldings. The facade is a huge bas-relief. The eardrum of the pediment is covered with a nested, reticulated, fishbone facing. On each side of the large window are depicted a horse and a lion. Statues and carved figures were destroyed during the Wars of religion. At the base of the pediment remains a procession. As for the former presbytery, it is part of the convent buildings of the abbey.

Conditions

September 2026

Eröffnung der religiösen Gebäude

Conditions

Opening of religious buildings

Conditions

Apertura degli edifici religiosi

Conditions

Ouverture des édifices religieux

Conditions

Apertura de los edificios religiosos

Conditions

September 2026