Visit free of the abbey of Jumièges

Name: Visit free of the abbey of Jumièges
Start: 2019-09-21T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2019-09-22T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye de Jumièges

21 and 22 September 2019Passed

The abbey of Jumièges, property of the Department, redraws thousand years of history(story) of Normandy, Carolingian kings in clans Vikings in search of booty, via William the Conqueror and his duchy of Normandy or else Agnès Sorel, favorite of the king of France died during Hundred Years' War.
The abbey home, built in the 17th century, shelters the funeral paving stone of Agnès Sorel, beside the gisants of the famous «irritated by Jumièges» and of medieval works feeding narratives and legends attached to the place. The abbey home receives from now on exhibitions(exposures) centered on visual arts.

About the location

Abbaye de Jumièges

24 rue Guillaume-le-Conquérant, 76480 Jumièges

Seine-Maritime
Normandie

The abbey of Jumiège, exceptional example of Norman Romance architecture, is one of the sites the most famous of Normandy. Based(Established) in the VIIth century s, importing centre Benedictine up to revolution, she(it) offers the vision of spectacular ruins, nested in an English-style park of 15 hectares today. The Department of Seine-Maritime, possessing the site since 2007, has recently ré-opened to it the «Abbey Home», a place was devoted to the photography. The environmental park shelters works of land art. Open all year long to visit.