Tag: Benedictine

Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevraud

Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud Founded: 1101 Closed: 1792 Style: Romanesque, Gothic, Classical Location: Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France Burials: • Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122-1204) • Henry II, King of England (1133-1189) • Richard I, King of England (1157-1199) Tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine and…

Founded: 1025 Location: Monistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona Order: Benedictine Dedicated to Santa María de Montserrat Website: https://abadiamontserrat.cat/ Museum: • Museu de Montserrat Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Girolamo in meditazione (1605-06) See also: • Abbeys