Chapelle Saint Fraimbault

The little chapel of Saint-Fraimbault (11th and 17th centuries) is just one of the unsuspected wonders to be discovered by lovers of Romanesque art.

The apse and part of the nave can be dated to the early 11th century. The lower part of the nave is said to have peeled away and the walls were rebuilt in the 17th century using the original materials. The sarcophagus from the Merovingian period, which according to popular tradition would have contained the body of Saint-Fraimbault, was kept under the altar, in a hole drilled through the outer wall of the apse.