Fontevraud Abbey
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This is one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys of Europe was founded as a mixed men's and women's monastery in 1099 by Robert de Arbriselem, Benedictine, that his preaching was able to turn to the Lord and to unite in the faith of monks, nuns, lepers, beggars, nobles and prostitutes. A church was built the abbey at the end of the XII century.
Since the founding of the monastery headed by women only - abbess. And usually they came from wealthiest families Anjou. This made it particularly popular among the abbey ladies. For a long time patron of Fontevraud Alenora Aquitaine.
Since the founding of the monastery headed by women only - abbess. And usually they came from wealthiest families Anjou. This made it particularly popular among the abbey ladies. For a long time patron of Fontevraud Alenora Aquitaine.
The monastery was closed in 1793 From 1804 to 1963. is housed a prison. Despite the significant restructuring, the Abbey very well preserved. Collegiate Church (1119) - a masterpiece of Romanesque style. This single-nave basilica with a dome vault, which is supported by columns with carved capitals. In it are buried Plantagenet Henry II, his wife Alenora Aquitaine, their son Richard the Lionheart and soup curse them another son, John Lackland, Isabella
Angouleme. Tombstones decorated with polychrome sculpture depicting buried. Physical description, drawn from historical chronicles, suggests that the tomb figures are portraits.
The monastery courtyard surrounded by buildings, which contained cells. Patients with leprosy were placed in a small monastery of Saint-Lazare. Of the medieval buildings are best preserved Hospital of Saint-Benoit - is a rare monument of civil architecture of the Romanesque style. Leaves a strong impression, based in Tower Ævar octagonal kitchen with a fireplace and chimney stacks, located on its corners.
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