CONVENT OF THE CORDELIERS - MUSEUM
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The tradition is that Guillaume Ier de Chauvigny, back from crusade, decided to build this convent around 1214. This thesis is questioned and it seems that its foundation is later. Nor is it certain that the establishment was founded by the Monk Filponti, a companion of Saint Francis of Assisi. However, it can be said that the Cordeliers convent is one of the oldest city convents in France and one of the best preserved. He has the model plane of the buildings of the Franciscan order characterized by extreme counting. The church of 50 meters long by 9.70 meters wide is a halle to preach under a wooden frame of 18 meters high. A single ship without transept, at the flat side, without ambulatory or collateral, preceded by a xviie century porch, then a beautiful xiiith century portal. Some of the stained glass windows deposited in 1876 have been lost and there is no longer to be admired only the Rose of the last judgment of the thirteenth century. Saved by René Pêcherat, the convent preserves beautiful arcades and a pleasant garden. The Cordeliers convent became a place of exhibition and also hosts the book book L 'Enstolen des Livres in April.
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