Guided tour of the Abbaye aux Dames

Name: Visita guiada de la Abadía a las Damas
Start: 2020-09-19T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2020-09-19T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye aux Dames

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

Sábado 19 septiembre 2020, 09:30Passed

licence libre

Saturday 19 September 2020 Departure at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30 Duration: 1h

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.