The church in brief ...
The church was built in the XII century in roman style. This building is unique in Europe because of its beauty and its proportions. This is the largest monolith church of France with its 20 meters of height. Not to be missed ...
its shrine, its necropolis with more than 160 sarcophagi, its gallery of 18m high ...

The Venice of the Perigord
An abbey ,bathed by the River of Dronne ,nestling on a forsted cliff , a small town in a buckle of the river, Brantome "the Venice of the Perigord" is an enchantment .... Near the regional natural park of Périgord-Limousin , Brantome welcomes all year lovers of nature and fans of the "live well" and the "eat well" mottos. Among the major attractions of the city, we find the bell tower of the abbey church ,built on a rock of twelve meters high, as well as the troglodytic trail dug under the rocks of the abbey. You will also appreciate the museum of the Foie Gras which retraces the steps of its production.

The steeple in brief ...
This bell tower is the oldest in France, it was built in the 11th century above large troglodyte caves.

The castle in brief ...
This ancient medieval fortress, perched on a rock, has been transformed in the course of the 17th century to become a very nice castle . Not to be missed ...
The furnished and decorated rooms, the French gardens.

Themes in brief ...
History, archeology. Major assets ...
Vestiges of a gallo-roman villa enclosed in a glass building built by the architect Jean Nouvel, the model of the city of Vesone in the 2nd century, murals still on the bottom of the walls of the gallo-roman house , lapidary collection.