The benedictine abbey of La Sauve was founded in 1079; at its peak in the 12th and 13th centuries the abbey hosted 100 monks but it then declined due to the…
Most of the current ruins are from the 12th century (romanesque). Front: chapter room.
Chapter room.
Foreground: Cloister.
Apse of the abbey church.
Apse of the abbey church.
Abbey church.
Abbey church tower.
Abbey church tower.
Abbey church tower.
Saint Matthew, one of 12 stone "consecration disks" set in the walls when the abbey was completed in 1231.