Ancienne abbaye Saint-Denis

English translation

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History

The remains of the abbey buildings are incorporated in the college and the courthouse; the church serves as a municipal storehouse. For the most part Romanesque, the church was enlarged in the 15th century with vaulted absidioles. The nave has disappeared. The 15th-century chapter house is vaulted on a rib vault and surmounted by the dormitory with panelled roof structure. Soundings in the walls could reveal its facade on the destroyed cloister. Adjoining the chapter house, a 15th-century chapel is internally defaced. Beside it, a wooden staircase with wooden pilaster balustrade of the 17th century gave access to the dormitory. On the fourth side of the cloister stands a vast building of the 13th and 15th centuries on vaulted cellars. The cloister has entirely disappeared to make way for the prison courtyard.