Abbaye de Marcilhac

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Long ignored by tourists, the ancient abbey of Marcilhac will amaze you with its fascinating assets. Set in a Gallo-Roman context, the history of the abbey is known from the 5th century thanks to the presence of St Pallais. The last witness of the Carolingian abbey, you will be able to discover the 2nd oldest tympanum in Europe embedded in the fascinating Romanesque remains left in the open air. The chapter house decorated with delicate capitals will remind you of the great hours of the abbey, and the Gothic church which conceals real treasures will allow you to enter into the actuality of a millennial building.Dwarfed by the limestone cliffs carved out by the Célé, the tall square bell-tower of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Pierre rises above the majestic ruins of the Romanesque church and the roofs of the little village of Marcilhac which began life within the mediaeval abbey enclosure itself. Its carvings are the product of a great school of 12th C. sculptors. Founded in the 10th C., the monastery was soon at the head of a vast network of priories, reaching the height of its prosperity in the 13th C. Nothing now remains of the Romanesque period except the site of the vanished cloister, the chapter room, which is intact, and the ruins of the three western bays of the church nave.

Spoken languages : Spanish – Italian – French – English

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• Chèques bancaires et postaux
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Groups

• Minimal number of persons 6
• Maximal number of persons 35

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