Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey
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Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey was founded in the 9th century. The abbey's early history is difficult to decipher as the abbey's records were destroyed in the 14th century.[1] It is dedicated to Saint Savin, a 5th-century Christian martyr near whose grave the abbey was built. [2]
In 1983 the abbey became designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, as it is considered to “represent a masterpiece of human creative genius” and “bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared”. The World Heritage Site is named the "Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe".[3][4]
References
- ↑ André Vauchez, Barrie Dobson, and Michael Lapidge (eds.) (2000). Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, Volume 1. Cambridhe: James Clarke & Co. p. 1,286. ISBN 1-57958-282-6.
- ↑ Hansen, David A. (2006). Architecture of France. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 248 ISBN 0-313-31902-2.
- ↑ ”The Criteria for Selection”, UNESCO, accessed 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/230 Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe ]”, UNESCO, accessed 9 April 2013.