Cruas Abbey Church

Between Rhône and Cévennes, along the Roman road of antiquity, the Romanesque abbey church of St Mary of Cruas, listed as an Historic Monument by Prosper Mérimée, is worth going out of your way to see, for more than one reason! Its magnificent monastic rostrum, with fifteen columns which have delicately worked capitals, its old Byzantine-style mosaic dated 1098 which decorates the apse, and its 11th-century crypt which houses a fabulous medieval bestiary, are all to be appreciated in the course of a guided tour...