Guided tour of the Abbaye aux Dames

Name: Visite guidée de l'abbaye aux Dames
Start: 2020-09-20T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2020-09-20T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye aux Dames

Stroll through the buildings of the abbey with a guide-lecturer

Dimanche 20 septembre 2020, 09h30Passé

Departure of visits, Sunday at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30 (duration: 1h)

À propos du lieu

Abbaye aux Dames

Place Reine Mathilde, 14035 Caen

Calvados
Normandie

Abbey Benedictine based(established) by 1060 by the queen Mathilda, wife of William the Conqueror. She welcomed religious Benedictines up to French Revolution. The convent entirely rebuilt in the XVIIIth century s. is the seat(siege) of the Regional Council today. The minster of the Trinity shelters in its chorus(choir) the grave of the queen Mathilda. This church of Norman Romanic style was built between 1060-1080 before being altered at the beginning of the XIIth century.