Ancien séminaire, actuellement lycée Chaptal

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History

The former convent was founded at the end of the 14th century by Hervé, baron of Pont l'Abbé. A few buildings to the south, in particular the refectory, have preserved traces from the 14th century. The cloister dates from the early 15th century and consists of four galleries covered by a roof space with exposed roof structure. The openwork is formed of prismatic mullions supporting round arches, the intersections forming trilobed ogives whose triangles are ornamented with pierced trefoils. The tomb of the knight Louët de Quizac, located in the infantry barracks, dates from the 17th century. The Infantry Barracks became a secondary school.