Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey

Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey was founded in the 9th century. Its early history is difficult to decipher as the abbey's records were destroyed in the 14th century.

In 1983 the abbey became designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, as it is considered to “represent a masterpiece of human creative genius” and “bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared”. The World Heritage Site is named the "Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe".