Soissons - Abbeys

Soissons has the remains of three abbeys. St Jean des Vignes (13th-14th C), to the south of the town, has preserved the magnificent Gothic facade of its church (15th C), flanked by two towers. St Léger has a 13th century church with a 14th C doorway; it now houses the Musée d'Archéologie et d'Art, with Gallo-Roman and medieval antiquities and a collection of pictures. St Médard has a pre-Romanesque crypt.