Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French: Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés) is a defunct abbey in Paris.
==History==
The first church at the site of the abbey was constructed in 558. By the 17th century, the area around Saint-Germain-des-Prés became a popular place for the nobility to have their country houses built, and the abbey itself was one of the richest in France. A prison called the Prison de l'Abbaye had also been built there.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: St-Germain-des-Prés
During the second Siege of Paris, the abbey was soon raided by a group of Vikings from the Elgring Clan. However, their presence was noticed by the Frankish Hidden One Abbo Cernuus, who started to kill them off one by one. After Abbo killed some of the Vikings, the remaining party of Vikings fled the abbey. A Frankish army captain was soon sent by the Bellatores Dei leader Isidore Mercator to find and engage the Hidden One at the abbey. However, the captain also met his end atop the abbey.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Siege of Paris — The Ghost of Saint Germain
As the French Revolution broke out, the abbey was ransacked and effectively turned into a town- and storehouse, with 15,000 tons of gunpowder stored in the refectory. The Templar Order took advantage of the ransacking, stealing valuable artifacts and hiding them underneath the building. In response, the Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins sent their agents to recover the artifacts.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Catacomb Raider
In the September Massacres of 1792, the first and some of the most brutal massacres took place at the prison de l'Abbaye, where revolutionaries killed 24 non-juring priests.Project Widow – "September Massacres" The night before, the playwright Pierre Beaumarchais had just been released.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais After the radical journalist and politician Jean-Paul Marat was murdered in July 1793, suspects were rounded up and sent to the Prison de l'Abbaye.Assassin's Creed: Unity – The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat In August 1794, an explosion destroyed part of the former abbey.
==Gallery==
ACUDB - Saint-Germain-des-Prés.png|Database image
ACV Abbey of Saint Germain.jpg|The abbey in the 9th century
ACU the suspects who killed Marat were in Prison.png|The suspects who killed Marat were in the Prison.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Unity 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Siege of Paris
==References==
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