Abbey of Matillezais (Yvendés) — devastation of the cathedral — Phototypie Jébily-Poultar

Description

Interior view of the ruins of the Abbey of Matillezais, showing degraded brick walls and wooden beams. The printed text relates that during the methodical devastation of the cathedral by the Protestants, the monks made their chapel in the refectory, where one can still see in the middle of the wall the base of an altar. The reverse indicates the publisher: Phototypie Jébily-Poultar, Mortaince.