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La Real Abadía de Nuestra Señora de Fontevraud, más conocida como abadía de Fontevrault, fue un monasterio ubicado en Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, cerca de Chinon, en Anjou, Francia. La creación y fundación de la abadía se debió al predicador itinerante Robert de Arbrissel en 1101, cuyo crecimiento hizo que se estableciera la nueva Orden de ...
In 1975, the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud opened to the public, ending nine centuries of life behind closed doors and opening the way to the ‘ideal city’ – in the words of its founder – that can be visited today. Fontevraud Abbey was founded in 1101 by iconoclastic preacher Robert d’Arbrissel. Eleanor of Aquitaine is the emblematic ...
Marie-Madeleine Gabrielle Adélaïde de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1645 – 15 August 1704) was a French nun from the House of Rochechouart. The abbess of Fontevraud Abbey, she was an influential figure in the 17th century French intellectual community. She was the daughter of Gabriel de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart, and thus sister to Madame ...
Geografía. La localidad, antiguamente llamada Fontevrault-l'Abbaye o Fontevrault, está formada sobre todo por un burgo en torno a la abadía de Fontevraud, uno de los edificios abaciales más grandes de Europa, geográficamente situada en el cruce de los departamentos administrativos de Maine y Loira, Indre y Loira y Vienne .
DISCOVERING THE ROYAL ABBEY : SO MANY WAYS TO VISIT. There are many different ways to visit the site: you can independently explore with a guidebook, take a guided or audio-guided visit, a family visit with a children’s trail treasure hunt an iPad, or a group visit for adults or school parties. Finally there are our special ‘unusual ...
Order of Fontevraud. Double monasteries. 1101 establishments in Europe. 1100s establishments in France. Christian monasteries established in the 12th century. 1792 disestablishments in France. Defunct prisons in France. Romanesque architecture in France. Women's shelters.
The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud is unrivalled in terms of its rich history, closely linked to the history of France and even of Europe. It is also unique in its configuration. You don’t need to know the entire history of Fontevraud to be able to appreciate the importance of this nearly thousand-year old site, part of the Loire Valley’s classification as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
