Free visit of the Ladies' Abbey

Name: Free visit of the Ladies' Abbey
Start: 2022-09-17T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye aux Dames

Discovery of the monument.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thème 2022

No selection

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

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.