Guided tour of the former private chapel of Saint-Riquier Abbey

Name: Guided tour of the former private chapel of Saint-Riquier Abbey
Start: 2022-09-17T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye de Saint-Riquier - Centre culturel départemental

Discover this unique place filled with history and treasures

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

On inscription at the entrance of the abbey

Registration

0360034470 abbayesaintriquier@somme.fr

We invite you to discover the old private chapel of the abbots of Saint-Riquier that we love today called the treasure room. In this charming little room, you can admire rare, precious but fragile objects. But above all, you will have the privilege to discover wall paintings dating from the 17th century in a perfect state of conservation including the famous Dict des 3 morts et des 3 vifs and the restitution of the relics of Saint-Riquier by Hugues Capet.

About the location

Abbaye de Saint-Riquier - Centre culturel départemental

Place de l'église 80135 SAINT-RIQUIER

Somme
Hauts-de-France

On the slopes of the Somme Valley stands a majestic abbey of nearly 1400 years of history. It takes its name from an inhabitant of the vicus of Centule (the city with a hundred towers, today called Saint-Riquier) converted to the Christian religion, which evangelized the Ponthieu and was made holy at his death in 645\.
The monastery founded in the seventh century became a royal abbey in 632 by the protection granted to it by King Dagobert I. His importance was such that in 790 Charlemagne placed at his head one of the highest figures of his court, Angilbert, his adviser. Major abbey of the Carolingian world, it is destroyed in 881 by the invasion of the Normans. In total it will suffer of seventeen destructions. The eclectic architecture of the monument testifies to this turbulent past.
During the French Revolution, the old conventual buildings were sold as national property. Initially used as a quarry of stones, they will then receive many assignments, military (hospitals during the t