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Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale

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Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
Fontevraud L'Abbaye Royale
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+33 2 41 51 73 52

Hours:
Sunday9:30am - 7pm
Monday9:30am - 7pm
Tuesday9:30am - 7pm
Wednesday9:30am - 7pm
Thursday9:30am - 7pm
Friday9:30am - 7pm
Saturday9:30am - 7pm


The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in Anjou, France. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preacher Robert of Arbrissel. The foundation flourished and became the center of a new monastic Order, the Order of Fontevrault. This order was composed of double monasteries, in which the community consisted of both men and women—in separate quarters of the abbey—all of which were subject to the authority of the Abbess of Fontevraud. The Abbey of Fontevraud itself consisted of four separate communities, all completely managed by the same abbess. The first permanent structures were built between 1110 and 1119. The area where the Abbey is located was then part of what is sometimes referred to as the Angevin Empire. The King of England, Henry II, his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and son, King Richard the Lionheart were all buried here at the end of the 12th century. It was disestablished as a monastery during the French Revolution. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is situated in the Loire Valley between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire within the Loire-Anjou-Touraine French regional natural park . The complex of monastic buildings served as a prison from 1804 to 1963. Since 1975, it has hosted a cultural centre, the Centre Culturel de l'Ouest.
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