A major witness to the cultural renewal in Europe during the Carolingian era, the Abbey of Saint-Gall provides a picture of a wealthy monastery operating a closed economy. A site of religion and religious culture, the monastery was at the same time an important centre of writing and hagiography.
Figure majeure de la sculpture américaine de la fin du XIXe siècle (il fut surnommé le " Michel Ange américain ") et chef de file de la " Renaissance américaine ", Augustus Saint-Gaudens est le fondateur de la sculpture américaine moderne.