It is chiefly known today for the Romanesque abbey of S. Maria, but another medieval church, remains of its walls, and two gates also subsist.

Romanesque abbey of St. Firmanus, founded in the late 9th century AD.

Also notable is the Romanesque abbey of Santa Maria Arabona.

The Romanesque abbey of Sant'Ellero, located 3 km outside the town.

The village has a Romanesque abbey with a crypt.

In the Romanesque abbey church is the tomb of the Blessed Ekkehard, the first abbot of Huysburg.

Unfortunately, amid the revolutionary fervor of the 1790's, the magnificent Romanesque abbey was largely destroyed.

Still visible on a neighboring ridge are the remains of the Romanesque abbey they began there but never finished.

Viollet-le-Duc, returning during 1835 from study in Italy, was commissioned by Prosper Mérimée to restore the Romanesque abbey of Vézelay.

The foundations of the abbey church are presented as a footprint, with walls and column bases that enable the visitor to visualize the scale of the Romanesque abbey.