La Sauve-Majeure Travel Guide

 tim76 Says:  The abbey is famous for its sculpted capitals from the early 12th century. Many of them are still in excellent condition. They provide insight in the Medieval world, with mythical animals depicted next to scenes from the Old and New Testament. The fantasy with which... 

 Mique Says:  The abbey ruins can be visited. If my memory serves me well, the fee was 4,5 euro p.p. (2004) So if you go, make sure you're not in a hurry. With walking through the ruins, climbing the stairs and visiitng the little museum you can spend a while. At the desk you'll get a map... 

 Mique Says:  There is a very small exhibition area that belongs to the abbey and where they keep the more valuable pieces or the pieces that need to be kept dry in order to preserve them. It isn't a major attraction after you've seen the ruins and climbed the tower but it is nice... 

 Mique Says:  You can see that the abbey was rich by all the details that are still around. The capitals still remain in excellent shape. But there are also small figurines that can be found throughout the ruins 

 Mique Says:  This church also dates back to the early middel-ages. i Don't know whether this church belonged to the abbey. But both the abbey and this church were well-known stops on the way to Santiago de Compostella 

 Mique Says:  This little fellow was one of the very few visitors of the abbey when we were there. I think we were visiting the ruins and in the little museum for an hour or 2-3 and we met maybe 5 people. It could be because it was may but i do think it won't be overly crowded here in...