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Fachada occidental románica con portadas esculpidas
The west front of Sainte-Croix is the abbey's most celebrated feature, with a richly carved central doorway of five archivolts and two side portals depicting the seven deadly sins.
Órgano de Dom Bédos de Celles
One of France's greatest classical organs, built in 1750 by Benedictine monk François de Bédos de Celles and meticulously restored between 1984 and 1996 by organ-builder Pascal Quoirin.
Pinturas de Guillaume Cureau
Two rare 17th-century canvases by Guillaume Cureau (c.1595–1648) depicting the patron saints of the abbey, among the few figurative works surviving in this austere Romanesque interior.
- 1.Fachada occidental románica con portadas esculpidas
- 2.Órgano de Dom Bédos de Celles
- 3.Pinturas de Guillaume Cureau
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