Preuilly Abbey (french: Abbaye de Preuilly-sur-Claise; Abbaye Saint-Pierre) was a

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Preuilly-sur-Claise Preuilly-sur-Claise () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Situation Preuilly-sur-Claise is situated at the extreme south of the Touraine at crossroad of Berry (Indre) and Poitou (Vienne) on the Claise river. The vi ...

Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it ...

, France. The surviving abbey church retains many Romanesque features, notably the intricately carved capitals. The monastery was founded in 1001 by Effroy, lord of Preuilly and la Roche-Posay, and his wife Beatrice of Issoudun. In 1008 the

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consecrated the altar in the abbey church, which was dedicated to

Saint Peter Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...

. In 1012 King

Robert the Pious Robert II (c. 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (french: link=no, le Pieux) or the Wise (french: link=no, le Sage), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned Junior King in 987, he assisted h ...

granted various privileges. It was pillaged by

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s in 1562, when the crypt was destroyed. The monastery was suppressed in 1791 in the

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, but the abbey church survived, although with significant damage and unsympathetic restoration in the 19th century, as a parish church.Structurae.net: Église Saint-Pierre de Preuilly-sur-Claise
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