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whencyclopedia · 2 years ago
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The Royal Tombs of Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey in the Pays de la Loire region of France was founded in 1101 by Robert D'Arbrissel. This area of France was then controlled by the English Crown. Eleanor of Aquitaine (l. c. 1122-1204) retired to the abbey in 1200, and she ensured that her late husband Henry II of England (r. 1154-1189) – founder of the Angevin-Plantagenet dynasty – and late son Richard I of England (r. 1189-1199) were interred in the abbey's church. Eleanor commissioned lifelike effigies to be carved of these two kings and one for herself, choosing to have a book in her hands to reflect her lifelong interest and support of the arts. The fourth tomb, also with a carved effigy, is that of Isabella of Angoulême (c. 1186-1246), Queen of England as the second wife of King John of England (r. 1199-1216).
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travelwithflere · 3 years ago
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Reclining effigies of Eleanor of Aquitaine, of her husband Henry 2nd, of their son Richard the Lionheart and Isabella of Angouleme. Commissioned by Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1204, they rest in the central nave of the abbey church of Fontevraud. Richard rests in foreground and Eleanor diagonally behind, reading a book. She wanted to be remembered as an intellectual. #effigies #gisants #gisantsdesplantagenêts #plantageneteffigies #fontevraudabbey #abbayedefontevraud #fontevraud #carnetdevoyage #loirevalley #valleedelaloire #watercolor #aquarelle #fredericlere (at Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfRk3u0oJp5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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agnesgarf · 4 years ago
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Pour le challenge dominical #igersfrance sur le thème “vieilles pierres”, j’ai choisi de sortir de la facilité qui consistait à vous montrer une photo d’un château ou d’une église en ruines. Dieu sait si j’en ai pourtant ! En fouillant dans ma galerie je suis retombée sur ce cliché pris à l’Abbaye de Fontevraud en août 2014, où le gisant d’Aliénor d’Aquitaine capturait les derniers rayons du soleil. L’original de cette photo s’est envolé avec mon ordinateur quand mon appartement a été cambriolé, il ne m’en reste que cette version basse définition, publiée a l’époque sur mon blog. Chaque fois que je la regarde, je me sens apaisée. . . . #igf382 #vieillespierres #photochallenge #fontevraud #fontevraudabbey #abbayedefontevraud #fontevraudlabbaye #alienordaquitaine #gisant #jevoyagejepartage #tourismefrance #poitou (at Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHVyCv1lNPq/?igshid=kj2r5enprzpl
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neurochrome · 5 years ago
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Nos quedamos a dormir en la abadia que antes fue una prision y antes una abadia remontandose hasta el año 1100. #fontevraudabbey #fontevraud #abbey #abadia #abbaye #loire #france🇫🇷 (at Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6ldrhYAAth/?igshid=12d76wti6mtop
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daninski · 5 years ago
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Day 16 at the Abbey, drawing. #hideshort #animation #shortfilm #shortanimation #digitalanimation #danielgray #daninski #hide #fontevraudabbey #nef (at Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3rDi9lDwIi/?igshid=5kmmsa1f5kr1
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stephanealfonsi · 6 years ago
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. . " le troisième avait le visage comme celui d'un homme ... " . #fontevraud #abbayeroyaledefontevraud #fontevraudabbey #quatre #4 #carre #matiere #materia #materiaprima #symboles #symbols #symbolum #symetrie #symmetry #digitalart #stephanealfonsi #artiste #artist #artistemetz #metz (à Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoXFRbrDEEc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=axcpgfy646pj
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maxmundan · 7 years ago
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#travel #travelphotography #traveltheworld #roadrutters #france #fontevraudabbey (at Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud)
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andreunet · 8 years ago
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La cocina de la abadía #igerszgz #igersaragon #sinfiltros #abbaye #fontevraud #fontevraudabbey #fontevraudlabbaye
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