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	The first church at the site of the abbey was built 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.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: St-Germain-des-Prés]]</ref>		The first church at the site of the abbey was built 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.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: St-Germain-des-Prés]]</ref>

	During the second [[Siege of Paris (885–886)\|Siege of Paris]], the abbey was raided by a group of [[Vikings]] from the [[Elgring Clan]]. However, their presence was noticed by the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Frankish]] [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Abbo Cernuus]], who started killing them off one by one. The remaining Vikings soon fled the area, whereupon a Frankish captain was 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.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]'' — [[The Ghost of Saint Germain]]</ref>		During the second [[Siege of Paris (885–886)\|Siege of Paris]], the abbey was raided by a group of [[Vikings]] from the [[Elgring Clan]]. However, their presence was noticed by the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Frankish]] [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Abbo Cernuus]], who started killing them off one by one. The remaining Vikings soon fled the area, whereupon a Frankish captain was 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.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]'' – [[The Ghost of Saint Germain]]</ref>

	As the [[French Revolution]] broke out, the abbey was ransacked and effectively turned into a storehouse, with 15,000 tons of gunpowder stored in the refectory.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Templars\|Templar Order]] took advantage of the ransacking, stealing valuable artifacts and hiding them underneath the building. In response, a team of French Assassins was sent to recover the artifacts.<ref name="Catacomb Raider">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Catacomb Raider]]</ref>		As the [[French Revolution]] broke out, the abbey was ransacked and effectively turned into a storehouse, with 15,000 tons of gunpowder stored in the refectory.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Templars\|Templar Order]] took advantage of the ransacking, stealing valuable artifacts and hiding them underneath the building. In response, a team of French Assassins was sent to recover the artifacts.<ref name="Catacomb Raider">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Catacomb Raider]]</ref>

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	==History==		==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.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: St-Germain-des-Prés]]</ref>		The first church at the site of the abbey was built 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.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: St-Germain-des-Prés]]</ref>

	During the second [[Siege of Paris (885–886)\|Siege of Paris]], the abbey was ~~soon~~ raided by a group of [[Vikings]] from the [[Elgring Clan]]. However, their presence was noticed by the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Frankish]] [[~~Hidden Ones~~\|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.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]'' — [[The Ghost of Saint Germain]]</ref>		During the second [[Siege of Paris (885–886)\|Siege of Paris]], the abbey was raided by a group of [[Vikings]] from the [[Elgring Clan]]. However, their presence was noticed by the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Frankish]] [[Assassins\|Hidden One]] [[Abbo Cernuus]], who started killing them off one by one. The remaining Vikings soon fled the area, whereupon a Frankish captain was 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.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]'' — [[The Ghost of Saint Germain]]</ref>

	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.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Templars\|Templar Order]] took advantage of the ransacking, stealing valuable artifacts and hiding them underneath the building. In response, ~~the [[~~French Assassins~~\|Parisian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]]~~ sent ~~their agents~~ to recover the artifacts.<ref name="Catacomb Raider">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Catacomb Raider]]</ref>		As the [[French Revolution]] broke out, the abbey was ransacked and effectively turned into a storehouse, with 15,000 tons of gunpowder stored in the refectory.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Templars\|Templar Order]] took advantage of the ransacking, stealing valuable artifacts and hiding them underneath the building. In response, a team of French Assassins was sent to recover the artifacts.<ref name="Catacomb Raider">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Catacomb Raider]]</ref>

	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.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "September Massacres"</ref><ref name="Database" /> The night before, the playwright [[Pierre Beaumarchais]] had just been released.<ref name="Pierre">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais]]</ref> 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.<ref name="Assassination">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> In August 1794, an explosion destroyed part of the former abbey.<ref name="Database" />		During 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.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "September Massacres"</ref><ref name="Database" /> The night before, the playwright [[Pierre Beaumarchais]] had just been released.<ref name="Pierre">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais]]</ref> 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 for questioning.<ref name="Assassination">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> In August 1794, an explosion destroyed part of the former abbey.<ref name="Database" />

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery captionalign="center" position="center~~" spacing="small~~" widths="180">		<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
	ACUDB - Saint-Germain-des-Prés.png\|Database image		ACUDB - Saint-Germain-des-Prés.png\|Database image
	ACV Abbey of Saint Germain.jpg\|The abbey in the 9th century		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.~~		ACU the suspects who killed Marat were in Prison.png\|The suspects in Marat's murder being held in the prison
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	[[Category:Landmarks in Paris]]		[[Category:Landmarks in Paris]]
	[[Category:Viewpoints]]		[[Category:Viewpoints]]
	[[Category:Prisons]]		[[Category:Prisons]]
	[[Category:Churches]]		[[Category:Churches]]

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	During the second [[Siege of Paris (885–886)\|Siege of Paris]], the abbey was soon raided by a group of [[Vikings]] from the [[Elgring Clan]]. However, their presence was noticed by the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Frankish]] [[Hidden Ones\|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.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]'' — [[The Ghost of Saint Germain]]</ref>		During the second [[Siege of Paris (885–886)\|Siege of Paris]], the abbey was soon raided by a group of [[Vikings]] from the [[Elgring Clan]]. However, their presence was noticed by the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Frankish]] [[Hidden Ones\|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.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]'' — [[The Ghost of Saint Germain]]</ref>

	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.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Templars\|Templar Order]] took advantage of the ransacking, stealing valuable artifacts and hiding them underneath the building. In response, the [[French Assassins\|Parisian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] sent their agents to recover the artifacts.<ref name="Catacomb Raider">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Catacomb Raider]]</ref>		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.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Templars\|Templar Order]] took advantage of the ransacking, stealing valuable artifacts and hiding them underneath the building. In response, the [[French Assassins\|Parisian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] sent their agents to recover the artifacts.<ref name="Catacomb Raider">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Catacomb Raider]]</ref>

	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.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – ~~[[Project Widow#Historical Facts\|Historical Facts:~~ "September Massacres"]]</ref><ref name="Database" /> The night before, the playwright [[Pierre Beaumarchais]] had just been released.<ref name="Pierre">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais]]</ref> 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.<ref name="Assassination">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> In August 1794, an explosion destroyed part of the former abbey.<ref name="Database" />		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.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]'' – "September Massacres"</ref><ref name="Database" /> The night before, the playwright [[Pierre Beaumarchais]] had just been released.<ref name="Pierre">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Database: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais]]</ref> 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.<ref name="Assassination">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> In August 1794, an explosion destroyed part of the former abbey.<ref name="Database" />

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]''

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	{{Quote\|On a Church that will stand for a thousand years or more. Three spires reach to Heaven, the truth lies on the tallest one.\|A riddle by Nostradamus describing the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|Cancer}}		{{Quote\|On a Church that will stand for a thousand years or more. Three spires reach to Heaven, the truth lies on the tallest one.\|A riddle by Nostradamus describing the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|Cancer}}
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	==History==		==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.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: St-Germain-des-Prés]]</ref>		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.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: St-Germain-des-Prés]]</ref>

			During the second [[Siege of Paris (885–886)\|Siege of Paris]], the abbey was soon raided by a group of [[Vikings]] from the [[Elgring Clan]]. However, their presence was noticed by the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Frankish]] [[Hidden Ones\|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.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]'' — [[The Ghost of Saint Germain]]</ref>

	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.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Templars\|Templar Order]] took advantage of the ransacking, stealing valuable artifacts and hiding them underneath the building. In response, the [[French Assassins\|Parisian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] sent their agents to recover the artifacts.<ref name="Catacomb Raider">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Catacomb Raider]]</ref>		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.<ref name="Database" /> The [[Templars\|Templar Order]] took advantage of the ransacking, stealing valuable artifacts and hiding them underneath the building. In response, the [[French Assassins\|Parisian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] sent their agents to recover the artifacts.<ref name="Catacomb Raider">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Catacomb Raider]]</ref>

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	The '''Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés''' (French: ''Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés'') is a defunct abbey in [[Paris]].		The '''Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés''' (French: ''Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés'') is a defunct abbey in [[Paris]].

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			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.		ACU the suspects who killed Marat were in Prison.png\|The suspects who killed Marat were in the Prison.
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	{{Quote\|On a Church that will stand for a thousand years or more. Three spires reach to Heaven, the truth lies on the tallest one.\|A riddle by [[Nostradamus]] describing the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}		{{Quote\|On a Church that will stand for a thousand years or more. Three spires reach to Heaven, the truth lies on the tallest one.\|A riddle by Nostradamus describing the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.\|Assassin's Creed: Unity\|Cancer}}
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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]''

	==References==		==References==

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