Saint-Papoul : Former Abbey of Saint-Papoul

Two remaining plots and a facade without its original thickness form the vestiges of a group of canonical houses near the door of the abbey enclosure. These constructions apparently date from the 19th century. The northern gable of the last house displays elements of Gothic architecture, including traces of groaned bays with a three -bobed arc. The twelve canons resided inside the enclosure of the cathedral city. Near the stream, all the houses were destroyed at the beginning of the 19th century, but there are two left to the east, which still delimit the canonical district. The church includes a large nave of the 13th century, having undergone several modifications. On the north side, four chapels were opened in the lateral wall of this nave, and two others in the south, as well as a door leading to the cloister. On the western wall, a 12th century door once led to the Archbishopric Garden. To the east, there are two chapels and the choir, which are the oldest parts of the building (11th century). The cloister, located along the southern wall of the church, dates from the end of the 12th or early 13th century, and was then rebuilt in the 15th century with old elements.