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.
The abbey was founded in 682 AD on a limestone islet. Following the Concordat of 1516, it became a royal abbey.
The building is dated from 11th century for a part, and from the middle of the 16 th century for the other part.
Of Romanesque-Byzantine inspiration, built in 1889-1890, the church has been protected as a Historic Monument since 2007.
Although the rib vaults in the three galleries are in the late 15th-century flamboyant Gothic style, the keystones in the west gal
Founded in 1130 by Benedictine monks, the fortified abbey was attacked during the Hundred Years' War (1372) and burnt down 3 times