Fontevraud Abbey
The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: abbey located in Maine-et-Loire, in France
- Also known as: “Abbaye de Fontevraud”, “Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud”, and “L’abbaye de Fontevraud”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cloître du Grand-Moûtier and Église Saint-Michel de Fontevraud-l’Abbaye.
Église Saint-Michel de Fontevraud-l’Abbaye
Church
Photo: Rensi, Public domain.
Église Saint-Michel de Fontevraud-l’Abbaye is a church, which is situated 240 metres northwest of Fontevraud Abbey.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Fontevraud-l’Abbaye
Church
Photo: Laurent Imbert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Fontevraud-l’Abbaye is a church, which is situated 360 metres southeast of Fontevraud Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loire Valley and Montsoreau.
Loire Valley
The Loire Valley, spanning 280 kilometres, is a valley located in the middle stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire.
Montsoreau
Photo: Mariekro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Montsoreau is a village in the Loire Valley, in Pays de la Loire. It's listed amongst the most beautiful villages of France.
Turquant
Village
Photo: Touriste, Public domain.
Turquant is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Turquant is situated 5 km north of Fontevraud Abbey.
Fontevraud Abbey
- Categories: double monastery, abbey, monastery, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Fontevrault, Arrondissement of Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.18059° or 47° 10′ 50″ northLongitude
0.05244° or 0° 3′ 9″ eastElevation
78 metres (256 feet)Open location code
8FV253J2+6XOpenStreetMap ID
way 680607068OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
8449755Wikidata ID
Q283254
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Fontevraud Abbey” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆոնտեվրո”
- Azerbaijani: “Fontevro”
- Basque: “Fontevraulteko abadia”
- Belarusian: “Фантэўро”
- Breton: “Abati Fontevraud”
- Bulgarian: “Фонтевро”
- Catalan: “abadia de Fontevrault”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Fontevrault”
- Chinese: “丰特夫罗修道院”
- Chinese: “豐特夫羅修道院”
- Czech: “Klášter Fontevrault”
- Danish: “Fontevraudklostret”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Fontevraud”
- Esperanto: “Abatejo Fontevraud”
- Estonian: “Fontevraud‘ klooster”
- Estonian: “Fontevraud’ klooster”
- Finnish: “Fontevraudin apottiluostari”
- French: “abbaye de Fontevraud”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevraud”
- French: “abbaye royale Saint-Michel de Fontevraud-l’Abbaye”
- Galician: “Abadia de Fontevrault”
- German: “Abtei Fontevraud”
- Greek: “Αββαείο του Φοντεβρώ”
- Hebrew: “מנזר פונטברו”
- Hungarian: “Fontevraud apátság”
- Italian: “abbazia di Fontevrault”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Fontevrault”
- Japanese: “フォントヴロー修道院”
- Latin: “Fons Ebraldi”
- Malay: “Biara Fontevraud”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fontevraud-klosteret”
- Norwegian: “Fontevraud-klosteret”
- Persian: “فنتوراود ابی”
- Polish: “Opactwo w Fontevraud”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Fontevraud”
- Romanian: “Abația Fontevraud”
- Russian: “Фонтевро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Fontevraud”
- Slovak: “Kláštor Fontevraud”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Fontevraud”
- Spanish: “abadia de Fontevrault”
- Spanish: “abadía de Fontevrault”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Fontevrault”
- Swedish: “Fontevraudklostret”
- Tagalog: “Fontevraud Abbey”
- Ukrainian: “Фонтевро”
- Urdu: “فونتوغا ایبے”
- Welsh: “Abaty Fontevraud”
- Western Frisian: “Abdij fan Fontefraud”
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Nearby Places
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