Celles-sur-Belle : Former royal abbey Notre-Dame
Deux-SèvresReference
PA00101205
Latitude
46.26159837
Longitude
-0.20946356
Address
8 Rue des Halles 79370 Celles-sur-Belle
Construction era
2e moitié 15e siècle;2e moitié 17e siècle
Protection date
1977/11/09 : classé MH ; 2000/07/31 : classé MH
Protection cause
Eglise abbatiale (actuellement église paroissiale) ; bâtiments conventuels, y compris le portail avec les deux pavillons d'entrée ; terrasse avec son escalier ; sol du jardin (cad. AE 60 à 62, 69) : classement par arrêté du 9 novembre 1977 - Le logis Saint-Gobert et les vestiges du cloître médiéval (cad. AE 110) , ainsi que le sol des parcelles AE 110, 111, 64 : classement par arrêté du 31 juillet 2000
Description
The priory of the Order of Saint-Augustin was founded around the middle of the 11th century and was transformed into a abbey between 1134 and 1140. In the second half of the 15th century, King Louis XI launched the reconstruction of the Romance abbey church. At the same time, most convent buildings and the cloister have also been rebuilt. The abbey underwent several destruction during the wars of religion. Later, in the second half of the 17th century, after its association with the Congregation of Sainte-Geneviève, the restoration of the Abbey began under the initiative of the Prieur Nicolas de Saint-Gobert: the abbey was restored between 1665 and 1676 and the conventual buildings between 1679 and 1687, led by the architect François Le Duc, who also built Logis Saint-Gobert in 1668. Revolution, the abbey was sold by lots. Logis Saint-Gobert was used as town hall and public school until 1865.
