Airvault

Airvault, dep. Two Sevres (Poitou). Romanesque cloister church of St-Pierre, one of the most valuable monuments of the Poitou group, erected in the early. XII c., partially rebuilt in the 13th century. (tower, nave and choir vaults); inside the sarcophagus of Abbot Pierre de Sainte-Fontaine (1110), from the monastery there are:. in. remnants of the cloister (XV w.) and chapter house (XII c.). Nearby are the ruins of a 14th century castle and a gothic bridge.