- Founded in 1101 on the intersecting borders of three regions, Anjou, Touraine and Poitou, Fontevraud Abbey is the largest surviving monastic complex from the...
- Book your tickets to the Fontevraud Abbey to relive the glorious past of one of the largest monastic cities from the Middle Ages.
- Fontevraud Abbey (Abbaye de Fontevraud) was founded by Robert of Arbrissel in the 12th century as a religious community dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
- To create an "ideal city". This was Robert d'Arbrissel's intention when he founded the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud in the 12th century.
- Fontevraud Abbey in the Loire Valley. ... External links: Link to official site: http://www.fontevraud.fr. On Wikipedia: wiki/Fontevraud_Abbey.
- France This Way review: with its gardens, cloisters, abbey church and other buildings, the abbey at Fontevraud is very impressive and a visit is highly...
- Fontevraud Abbey is a religious building hosting a cultural centre since 1975, the Centre Culturel de l'Ouest.
- Fontevraud Royal Abbey, situated where the three regions of Poitou, Anjou and Touraine meet, is one of the largest surviving monastic cities from the Middle Ages.
- The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud is one of the largest monastic complexes in Europe located in the Loire Valley.
- I go to the great abbey, in the village of Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, to pay my respects to one of history’s most impressive women, Eleanor of Aquitaine.