Fontevraud Abbey

Local nameAbbaye de Fontevraud
LocationFontevraud-l’Abbaye, France

The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French duchy of Anjou. 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.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontevraud_Abbey

Address (Unnamed Road), Fontevraud-l'Abbaye 49590, France

Coordinates 47°10'51.73" N 0°3'7.407" E

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