Musée des Jacobins (Saint-Sever)

The Musée des Jacobins is a museum in Saint-Sever, France, housed in part of the former Jacobin abbey in the town.

Musée des Jacobins
LocationFrance
Coordinates43°46′N 0°34′W
Visitors2,400 (2018),[1] 2,600 (2019)[1]
Websitewww.mahcapdegascogne.fr
Musée des Jacobins (Saint-Sever) is located in France
Musée des Jacobins (Saint-Sever)
Location of Musée des Jacobins

Its exhibits include several 4th- to 7th-century marble capitals from the 'butte de Morlane' and archaeological objects from the 4th-century Roman villa at Gleyzia d'Augreilh and the abbey itself, as well as a collection of historic postcards of Saint-Sever and the Saint-Sever Beatus, an 11th-century Benedictine illuminated manuscript from Saint-Sever Abbey and the only manuscript of its genre.

Sources

  • (in French) Saint-Sever, Cap de Gascogne, guide de découverte, édité par l'Office de tourisme du Cap de Gascogne
  1. Ministry of Culture, Fréquentation des Musées de France (in French), Ministry of Culture, Wikidata Q29914460
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