GARDEN OF ST PHILBERT DE GRAND-LIEU ABBEY
Le Prieuré 44310 St Philbert de Grand-Lieu

On the banks of Grand-Lieu Lake south of Nantes, Saint Philbert abbey-church is a unique jewel of 9th Century Carolingian art, a transition between Latin Art and the Romanesque. The crypt holds the sarcophage of Saint Philbert, the founding monk and builder. In the abbey-church gardens, behind the priory, medieval gardens display Early Middle Ages plants used for food and general purposes