Since 1975, it is housing the Centre Culturel de l'Ouest, which organizes various cultural activities. The medieval gardens have been recreated.

The Abbey has been inhabited by a number of historic figures, such as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and then of England thanks to her marriage to Henry II. ​She settled down here to run the affairs of the kingdom after the death of her husband. She passed away here, achieving a very high age for her time (over 80).

After the French Revolution, the complex of monastic buildings served as a prison from 1804 to 1963. 

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