Fontevraud Abbey - France 2 by Kordouane

Photography • Historical • posted on May 18, 2018

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Description

The abbey kitchens were mainly used as fish smoking rooms. The first permanent structures were built between 1110 and 1119.[1] The area where the Abbey is located was then part of what is sometimes referred to as the Angevin Empire. The King of England, Henry II, his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and son, King Richard the Lionheart were all buried here at the end of the 12th century. It was disestablished as a monastery during the French Revolution.