Fontevrault Abbey
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| Fontevrault Abbey | |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | Anjou, France |
| Date | 1110 to 1119 |
| Building Type | church, monastery |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Romanesque |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | "Fontevraud Abbey" |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Fontevrault_Abbey.html |
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Fontevraud Abbey is similar in arrangement to Angouleme Cathedral in Aquitaine, with a long aisleless nave and transepts with chapels, together forming a Latin cross in plan.
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References
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. concentricity diagram, p203. transformation diagram, p208.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Sir Banister Fletcher. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. 18th ed., revised by J.C. Palmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. ISBN 684-14207-4. NA200.F63. photo, p498.— The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
Doreen Yarwood. The Architecture of Europe. New York: Hastings House, 1974. ISBN 0-8038-0364-8. LC 73-11105. NA950.Y37. interior perspective drawing, f270, p140. none.
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