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Saturday 17 September 2022, 15:00Passed
Conditions
Group limited to 20 people
September 2022
Saturday 17
15:00 - 18:00

Espace abbatial Notre-Dame de Bellavaux

5 rue de la Chapelle 18210 Charenton-du-Cher
  • Cher
  • Centre-Val de Loire

Visit of the abbey space

The female Benedictine abbey Notre-Dame was dismantled during the Revolution to serve as a stone quarry, some remains survived including apse, narthex, convent building of the seventeenth century.
Saturday 17 September 2022, 15:00Passed
Conditions
Group limited to 20 people
marie reine breton

Benedictine female abbey Notre Dame de Bellavaux implanted in 620 by a disciple of Saint-Colomban, it is rebuilt at the beginning of the 11th century then in the 15th century, a conventual building will be added at the end of the 17th century by the abbess Renée de Mesgrigny. Sold as a national property during the Revolution, it served as a stone quarry. Apart from the convent building and the narthex, remnant of the apse, it remains a landscaped space that justifies its original name.
Private properties, the owners have given us their agreement for an exceptional visit of the exteriors.

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thème 2022
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About the location

Espace abbatial Notre-Dame de Bellavaux
5 rue de la Chapelle 18210 Charenton-du-Cher
  • Cher
  • Centre-Val de Loire
Abbey of nuns founded around 620 by the venerable Theodulphe, nicknamed Bobolène, under the rule of Saint Columban, which was later replaced by the Benedictine rule. From 1113 to 1120, Archbishop Léger replaced the nuns with regular canons. In 1503, the abbey was affiliated with the congregation of Chezal-Benoît. It was in full decadence when it was restored in 1677 by Renée de Mesgrigny. The abbey was closed in the eighteenth century (last abbess named in 1715)
Tags
Monument historique, Édifice religieux
Access
parking, public toilets
Ville de Charenton-du-Cher