Abbey Saint-Germain-des-Pres --Stock Photo
Abbey Saint-Germain-des-Pres. The oldest church in Paris. The Abbey was founded in the 6th century by the son of Clovis I, Childebert I. Under royal patronage the Abbey became one of the richest in France, as demonstrated by its ninth-century polyptych; it housed an important scriptorium in the eleventh century and remained a center of intellectual life in the French Catholic church until it was disbanded during the French Revolution.
