*** (11/06/2017 02:01)
Amy, I need pants

*** (08/09/2017 16:27)
One very special place to visit

A second series illustrates events from Genesis and Exodus across the entire barrel-vaulting of the central nave: the creation of the earth and the stars; the birth of Eve; the Temptation and its consequences; the story of Cain and Abel; the flood; Noah and his descendants; Abraham; Joseph, the crossing of the Red Sea; workers constructing the Tower of Babel.

*** (10/03/2017 23:43)
Magnifique abbaye. Mais dommage que l'on ne puisse pas mieux voir les peintures, lesquelles sont vraiment dignes d'intérêt ! A ne pas rater

But the chief attraction of this attractive Romanesque church are its murals, because of their graceful beauty, extensiveness, and relatively good state of preservation.

The Church of Saint-Savin dates mainly from the end of the 11th century, but some parts—including the transept with wings, square tower, and the crypts of St. Martin and of the Saints Savin and Cyprian—are even older. It has a three-aisled nave with nine bays, an apse with radiating chapels at the east end and a clocher-porche (bell-tower structure) on the west. Steps descend to the narthex and from there to the floor of the nave, whose bare round columns are topped with deeply-carved capitals in foliage motifs.

One pictorial cycle, depicting the Apocalypse, covers the ceiling of the clocher-porche and the tympanum of the doorway opening into the church.

*** (13/05/2017 04:08)
Encantador, es un sitio mágico les recomiendo el hotel de france.

*** (04/10/2016 20:08)
Magnifique.... ! :)

*** (26/10/2013 05:34)
Great place and friendly people.


*** (11/02/2014 06:04)
Dubbed the "Romanesque Sistine Chapel," the Abbey of Saint-Savin is a World Heritage Site near Poitiers that is famed for its many beautiful and well-preserved 11th- and 12th-century murals.

*** (29/08/2017 22:55)
Site absolument superbe,
Eglise abbatiale entièrement peinte et historiée.
Le jeune guide qui nous a accompagné est un puits de science et de plus il est abordable pour le commun des mortels.
Un incontournable des sites de la Vienne.
Le personnel est souriant et à l'écoute.

Dating from between the end of the 11th century and the beginning of the 12th century, they illustrate an extensive array of major biblical stories.

The Passion of Christ is painted in the upper tribune of the porch, which incorporates scenes of the martyrs; large figures of saints are found in the choir and on the piers of the transept. Finally, the lives and martyrdoms of Saint Savin and Saint Cyprian occupy the walls of the crypts which bear their names.