
🕊️"basic but old and quiet atmosphere"
⛪Don't miss the crypt with St Benedict's relics
🔭Belvédère exhibition has terrace views
Founded around 630, this Benedictine abbey houses the relics of St Benedict in a remarkably preserved Romanesque basilica. Wander the 11th-century tower-porch, descend into the crypt where the saint rests, and soak up centuries of monastic stillness.
Romanesque architecture
Benedictine monastery
Spiritual heritage
Loire cycling stop

🕊️"basic but old and quiet atmosphere"
⛪Don't miss the crypt with St Benedict's relics
🔭Belvédère exhibition has terrace views
Founded around 630, this Benedictine abbey houses the relics of St Benedict in a remarkably preserved Romanesque basilica. Wander the 11th-century tower-porch, descend into the crypt where the saint rests, and soak up centuries of monastic stillness.
Romanesque architecture
Benedictine monastery
Spiritual heritage
Loire cycling stop