FONTEVRAUD: the royal abbey
How about taking the time to visit the largest monastic city in Europe?
Located at the crossroads of Touraine, Poitou and Anjou, the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud has been waiting for you here since 1101! Historical richness of the heritage (UNESCO), symbol of the power of the Plantagenêts, place where Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henri II or Richard the Lionheart wrote parts of the History of France the abbey church is today a place of culture.
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