Other: Patrimoine religieux

Abbaye Royale

SAINT-MICHEL-EN-L'HERM

The abbey was founded in 682 AD on a limestone islet. Following the Concordat of 1516, it became a royal abbey.

Eglise Saint-Nicolas

La Chaize-le-Vicomte

The church of Saint-Nicolas, consecrated in 1099, was at the time the largest in Poitou.