Ruines de l'ancienne abbaye

Trizay, Charente-Maritime, France

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Designation: Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection: classé MH
Extent of protection: Abbaye (ruines de l'ancienne) : classement par arrêté du 20 décembre 1920
Protection dates: 1920/12/20 : classé MH
Type: abbaye
Main period of construction: Moyen Age
Ownership: propriété privée
Commune: Trizay
Département: Charente-Maritime
Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country: France
Coordinates: 45.88185, -0.91365
Mérimée reference: PA00105288

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1621 map "Carte du Pais d'Aunis Ville et Gouvernement de la Rochelle." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Historique

De l'ancienne abbaye ne subsistent qu'une partie du choeur polygonal, trois chapelles absidiales rayonnantes et un bâtiment abbatial contenant une salle capitulaire à deux travées, voûtées en ogives. L'abbaye a été ruinée au cours des guerres de Religion.

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History

Of the former abbey there remain only part of the polygonal choir, three radiating absidial chapels and an abbatial building containing a chapter house with two bays, vaulted with rib vaults. The abbey was ruined during the Wars of Religion.

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Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0

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