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Remains of a founded abbey with an impressive lantern tower and a lapidary museum with beautiful gothic sculptures.
The abbey was founded at the end of the 8th century by Roger, Count of Limoges, under the protection of Charlemagne. A relic of the Holy Cross attracted pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. Destroyed during the Wars of Religion, it was used as a stone quarry during the Revolution. Today, you can admire the impressive Lantern Tower, known as the Charlemagne Tower from the 11th century, a vestige of the abbey, as well as the lapidary museum (with remarkable gothic sculptures and its treasure), witnesses of the past grandeur of this medieval pilgrimage site.
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C'est toujours très émouvant de parcourir ses lieux à la suite des dizaines de milliers de pèlerins médiévaux. La période carolingienne en fait un haut lieu de la chrétienté avec cinq conciles, X° et Xll siècle. Si les anathèmes de Charroux consacrés aux pauvres étaient d'actualité : 'Anathème à qui prend les biens des pauvres : moutons, boeufs , vaches, ânes, chèvres , boucs ou porcs de cultivateurs ou autres pauvres.." les collecteurs d'impôts seraient plus raisonnables.