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.
In 1130, the Benedictines had the abbey built thanks to the lords of La Garnache.
The church of Saint-Nicolas, consecrated in 1099, was at the time the largest in Poitou.