In Châlons-en-Champagne, in a 16th century abbey classified as a heritage site,
an apartment vaulted with ribs, on the ground floor, overlooking the main courtyard. The former Abbey of All Saints, located on the edge of the historic centre, is framed by the Place de l'Ecole des Arts and the Quai des Gaaz arts.
From the order of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine, it was officially founded in 1062 on an island in the Marne on the edge of the city. It was razed to the ground in 1544 to prevent Charles V's troops from entrenching themselves there. Abbot Claude Godet then acquired a plot of land within the city walls to transfer his establishment and its construction began in 1545.
The congregation was dispersed in 1789, and the buildings became a barracks, and in 1790 the Royal Artillery School remained there until 1803.
From 1806 onwards, they were assigned to the students of Arts et Métiers until 1861 when the Department acquired the buildings to establish the École normale d'instituteurs.
A major restoration campaign began in 2006 to create thirty-four apartments with private parking spaces.
The facades and roofs are classified as a Historic Monument.
Built of chalk, on two levels under the slate attic pierced by stone dormers, the old abbey consists of three wings at right angles forming a U shape with a courtyard of honour which opens, from the Place de l'Ecole des Arts, by a stone porch bearing the inscription 'Ecole Normale Primaire' and surmounted by a richly wrought triangular pediment.
The apartment is on the ground floor, to the left of the old chapter house, still decorated with its stained glass windows and surmounted by a slightly protruding porch with small columns and a triangular pediment sculpted with a salamander, the emblem of François 1st.