- The royal Abbey at Fontevraud has to be one of the most beautiful abbeys in all of France – and there are a lot of them.
- The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud is one of the largest monastic cities in Europe inherited from the Middle Ages.
- Fontevraud Abbey was rather unique in the Middle Ages for housing a combination of monks and nuns, who were always ruled by an abbess.
- Fontevraud Abbey is situated in the Loire Valley, an UNESCO World Heritage Site between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire, and is within the...
- Fontevraud Abbey flourished over the centuries and was supported by donations from nobility and royalty.
- The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud is one of the largest monastic cities from the Middle Ages.
- The Royal Abbey de Fontevraud offers the perfect marriage between human innovation and natural beauty, between English and French, between the medieval...
- This was Robert d'Arbrissel's intention when he founded the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud in the 12th century.
- Fontevraud Abbey or Fontevrault Abbey (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) is a religious building hosting a cultural centre since 1975...
- Here at Fontevraud Abbey we saw effigies for Eleanor of Aquitane and Henry II Plantagenet in the church.