Ile Chauvet Abbey

Take advantage of your vacation at the Saint Jean de Monts campsite to visit the Abbey of Ile Chauvet.

Ile Chauvet Abbey

In the middle of the marsh, you will find the remains of a 12th century Benedictine abbey…

Nowadays, the Benedictine dormitory, the kitchen, the cellar and the bread oven remain.

The Romanesque church, with its magnificent portal, opens onto the inner courtyard with the well of the time. The conventual buildings and the abbey church suffered during the Hundred Years War in the 14th century and during the Wars of Religion in the 16th century. In 1680, the abbey was restored by the Camaldolese who remained until 1779.