Pierre Renaudel Square

Dedicated to Pierre Renaudel a politician and journalist of the late nineteenth century. In this place there was a necropolis and then a sanctuary, until the seventh century. In the tenth century, a community of Benedictine monks built the Abbey of Sainte Croix. Since their greatest wish was simplicity and quiet, its placement a little outside the medieval heart of the city was perfect. There was a river near a mill. In the Middle Ages, it was one of the largest abbeys in the country. The square is now quiet, lined with buildings for example, the National Theatre, the Conservatory of Music, the