Fontevraud-l'Abbaye () is a
commune in the western French
department of
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indr ...
. It is situated both in the
Loire Valley
The Loire Valley (, ), spanning , 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. The area of the Loire Valley comprises about . It is r ...
, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire, and the Loire Anjou Touraine
French regional natural park.
Notable buildings
* The royal
abbey of Fontevraud
* Saint Catherine's chapel with its lantern of the dead
* Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Pitié (chapel of
Our Lady of Compassion
Our or OUR may refer to:
* The possessive form of " we"
Places
* Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany
* Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium
* Our, Jura, a commune in France
Other uses
* Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a governm ...
)
* Église Saint-Michel (church of St Michael)
See also
*
Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 176 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France
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References
External links
Chateau de Montreuil-Bellay
Fontevraudlabbaye
Maine-et-Loire communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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