Between 2019 and 2021, two programmed archaeological excavation campaigns have made it possible, for the first time, to study the vast buildings of the guest house at Maillezais Abbey. The results have revealed that these vast buildings underwent at least two states of construction.
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Between 2019 and 2021, two programmed archaeological excavation campaigns, co-financed by the Regional Archaeology Service (DRAC Pays de la Loire) and the Vendée Departmental Council, have made it possible for the first time to study the vast hotel buildings of Maillezais Abbey. The study was based on two complementary approaches. The first involved exploiting available documentary sources (texts, old plans, iconography, etc.) to gain a better understanding of the building's history. The...