Caen - L'Abbaye aux Hommes - L'Abbaye aux Dames (Normandie)
Tourisme en Normandie - Visite de l'Abbaye aux Hommes et de l'Abbaye aux Dames.
l'Abbaye aux Hommes a été fondée par Guillaume le Conquérant
à Caen. En 1050, Guillaume le Conquérant épouse Mathilde de Flandre. Leur mariage est prohibé par le pape Léon IX. En contrepartie du pardon accordé par le pape Nicolas II, les époux fondent à Caen deux abbayes bénédictines : l'abbaye aux Hommes dédiée à Saint Etienne et l'Abbaye aux Dames dédiée à la Trinité.
L'Abbaye aux hommes : L’église abbatiale, chef d’œuvre de l’architecture romane normande influença la construction des abbayes en Angleterre notamment par son élévation à 3 niveaux. Le chœur, remanié au 13e S., dans un style gothique s’harmonisant parfaitement avec la nef, abrite depuis 1087, le tombeau de Guillaume le Conquérant.
L'Abbaye aux Dames Fondée vers 1060 par Mathilde de Flandre, est consacrée le 18 juin1066 sous le nom de la Sainte Trinité. Chef d’œuvre de l’art roman. Sous une dalle de marbre noir repose la Reine Mathilde de Flandre.
Cette abbaye bénédictine abrite jusqu’à la Révolution française des jeunes filles issues de l’aristocratie normande.
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Abbaye aux Dames de Caen vue du drone, Calvados, une vidéo LFVDD
Cette semaine posons-nous en Normandie en découvrant l'Abbaye aux Dames de Caen.
Cet ancien monastère, dont l'abbatiale renferme les ossements de Mathilde de Flandres, femme de Guillaume le Conquérant, abrite aujourd'hui le Conseil Régional de Normandie.
Bonne semaine à tous.
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Places to see in ( Caen - France ) Abbaye aux Dames
Places to see in ( Caen - France ) Abbaye aux Dames
The Abbey of Sainte-Trinité, also known as Abbaye aux Dames, is a former monastery of women in Caen, Normandy, now home to the Regional Council of Lower Normandy. The complex includes the Abbey Church of Sainte-Trinité. The abbey was founded as a Benedictine monastery of nuns in the late 11th century by William the Conqueror and his wife Matilda of Flanders as the Abbaye aux Dames (Women's Abbey), as well as the Abbaye aux Hommes (Men's Abbey), formally the Abbey of Saint-Étienne. The works began in 1062, starting from the rear and finished in 1130. Matilda, who died in 1083, was buried in the choir under a slab of black marble.
William and Matilda's son, William II of England, also granted the abbey the manor of Horstead, in Norfolk, where Horstead Priory was established by the order, and continued until 1414. The original spires were destroyed in the Hundred Years' War and replaced by less striking balustrades in the early 18th century. The community of nuns were dispersed and suppressed by the French Revolution.
In 1823 the local city council decided to transfer the ancient Hôtel-Dieu (possibly also founded by William the Conqueror, but more likely King Henry II of England), to the former cloister for use as a hospital, and the canonesses regular, who had assumed responsibility for the hospital from the two abbeys during the 14th century, established themselves there. The canonesses continued to operate there until 1908 when the facility was given to the Hospice Saint-Louis for use as a nursing home. The vault was demolished and rebuilt in 1865. The church was last restored between 1990 and 1993.
The façade has two large towers on the sides, each with doors leading to the aisles. The pediment of the central bay echoes the nave roof. The tympanum of the central portal depicts the Trinity and the four apocalyptic beasts, symbols of the Four Evangelists. The nave is surmounted by a gallery (triforium). Over the aisles is a groin vault, the first of this type built in Normandy (1130). The transept, in the centre of the church, houses the main altar. The northern transept is in Romanesque style, opening over a small apse (the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament) which houses the tabernacle. The southern transept is characterised by Gothic columns integrated within the Romanesque decoration. The choir ends with an apse decorated by four columns and a gallery with fantastic figures. Also present is a crypt in honour of Saint Nicholas.
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Festival ]interstice[ 14 ABBAYE-AUX-DAMES, Caen, France
Movie: Ko Oda
2019
Installation view of Festival ]interstice[ 14 ABBAYE-AUX-DAMES, Caen, France
Reportage de la visite de l'abbaye aux dames de Caen
Reportage d'une visite de l'abbaye aux dames de Caen (conseil régional de basse normandie) par des endicapés, plus particulièrement pour les sourds et mal-entendants.
Nous pouvons remarquer l'effort qui a été fait par les guides pour que cela se passe au mieux ;-)
Visite de l'église de l'abbaye aux Dames de Caen
Eglise abbatiale de la Trinité de l’abbaye aux Dames de Caen.
L'abbaye aux Dames est un monastère de moniales bénédictines fondé au XIe siècle à Caen. C'est l'une des deux grandes abbayes de la ville de Caen. L'église abbatiale de la Trinité abrite depuis 1083 le tombeau de Mathilde de Flandre, épouse de Guillaume le Conquérant. L'abbaye est le siège du Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie depuis 1986.
L'ancienne église abbatiale fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques par la liste de 1840. L'ensemble des bâtiments conventuels fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 24 juin 1976.
On peut y voir : une statue polychrome de la Vierge du XVII° siècle,
un bénitier et des fonts baptismaux du XIX° siècle,
un grand tableau Flamand du XVII° siècle,
un orgue construit par Cavaillé-Coll en 1877.
Evensong à l'Abbaye-aux-Dames - CAEN - Juin 2017 - Versicles et Psaume
17 Juin 2017 -
St George's Anglican Church in Paris' Choir
Directed by Peter Hicks
Organ : Simon Lawford
Abbaye Saint-Trinite, Caen, France.
Video of this fine Abbey in Caen - it's one of a number of Caen vids I've posted - search on g4shf Caen.
Saint-Étienne de Caen - Abbaye aux hommes
Emission du 29/06/2002
Caen : l'abbaye aux Hommes et l'hôtel de ville, en 1970
À Caen, l'abbaye aux Hommes, ou abbaye Saint-Étienne, et l'hôtel de ville, filmés en 1970.
Film conservé et numérisé par nos soins.
La Cinémathèque de Normandie est une association loi 1901 à but non lucratif, rassemblant et conservant les documents filmés liés à la Normandie. Elle oeuvre pour la recherche, la conservation et la diffusion du patrimoine audiovisuel de Normandie. La Cinémathèque rassemble et établit un inventaire permanent des images réalisées en Normandie, concernant la Normandie, ou réalisées par des cinéastes professionnels et amateurs normands. Ses objectifs sont de favoriser la connaissance et la diffusion de ces œuvres et d’encourager toutes les recherches relatives aux activités audiovisuelles en Basse-Normandie et Haute-Normandie.
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Places to see in ( Caen - France ) Abbaye aux Hommes
Places to see in ( Caen - France ) Abbaye aux Hommes
The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, also known as Abbaye aux Hommes by contrast with the Abbaye aux Dames, is a former Benedictine monastery in the French city of Caen, Normandy, dedicated to Saint Stephen. It was founded in 1063 by William the Conqueror and is one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Normandy.
The concurrent founding of the Abbey of Saint-Étienne to the West of the Caen Castle and the Abbey of Sainte-Trinité (Abbaye aux Dames) to its East seems to be a direct result of the reconciliation process of William, Duke of Normandy (soon after to become William I, King of England), and Pope Leo IX. William fell out with the pope when he married his cousin Matilda of Flanders after 1049 despite Leo's interdiction. Lanfranc of Pavia, Prior of Bec Abbey, who himself had initially expressed concerns regarding the marriage, acted on William's behalf to secure Leo's forgiveness. For this successful service, Lanfranc was made abbot of Saint-Étienne.
William's wife Matilda died in 1083 and was buried in the Abbaye aux Dames. After his own death in 1087 in Rouen, the body of King William was sent to Caen to be buried in Saint-Étienne, according to his wishes. The funeral, attended by the bishops and abbots of Normandy as well as his son Henry, was disturbed by the assertion of a citizen of Caen who alleged that his family had been illegally despoiled of the land on which the church was built. After hurried consultations the allegation was shown to be true, and the man was compensated. A further indignity occurred when the corpse was lowered into the tomb. The corpse was too large for the space, and when attendants forced the body into the tomb it burst, spreading a disgusting odour throughout the church.
The abbey was to be built in Caen stone, and construction began in 1066. For many decades during the 11th century, there was a mutually fruitful competition between Saint-Étienne and its sister building Sainte-Trinité. An important feature added to both churches in about 1120 was the ribbed vault, used for the first time in France. The two abbey churches are considered forerunners of the Gothic. The original Romanesque apse was replaced in 1166 by an early Gothic chevet, complete with rosette windows and flying buttresses. Nine towers and spires were added in the 13th century. The interior vaulting shows a similar progression, beginning with early sexpartite vaulting (using circular ribs) in the nave and progressing to quadripartite vaults (using pointed ribs) in the sanctuary.
As a consequence of the Wars of Religion, the high lantern tower in the middle of the church collapsed and was never rebuilt. The Benedictine abbey was suppressed during the French Revolution and the abbey church became a parish church. From 1804 to 1961, the abbey buildings accommodated a prestigious high school, the Lycée Malherbe. During the Normandy Landings, inhabitants of Caen found refuge in the church; on the rooftop there was a red cross, made with blood on a sheet, to show that it was a hospital (to avoid bombings).
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Abbaye aux dames à Caen avec l'orchestre Régional de Normandie
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Caen - Abbaye aux Dames
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Caen - Abbaye aux Dames
Cap Sud-Ouest - L'Abbaye aux dames
L’abbaye aux dames fut le premier monastère féminin de la Saintonge. Autrefois richement dotée l’abbaye était dirigée par une abbesse qui avait le titre de Madame de Saintes. Le monastère rayonna sur la Saintonge pendant 8 siècles. Aujourd’hui l’abbaye est le théâtre d’une vie culturelle intense qui accueille entre autre le conservatoire de musique et où se déroule chaque année le célèbre festival de musique classique de la ville de Saintes.
Caen, France
Caen is the capital of Lower Normandy and of Calvados département in northern France and has a population of 115,000.
Caen is a college city and thus very active. In summer, tourists (mainly British and German) gather in Normandy for Second World War remains and the Memorial for Peace. Caen is a modern city, four-fifths of which was demolished in 1944 and rebuilt in the 1950s and 1960s. However, some old buildings remain, especially churches.
See:
Memorial for peace: a modern museum
L'abbaye aux Hommes and l'abbaye aux Dames
Museum of Normandy, within the Castle
Caen Castle, one of the largest medieval castles in Europe
Saint-Nicolas church and cemetery
Fine arts museum
Saint-Pierre church
Escoville mansion
Pegasus Bridge
Saint-Jean church
Vaugueux district
La rue Froide and Saint-Sauveur church
Caen is 15 km away from the D-Day beaches
A film by Damir Međurečan, Caen, 15.03.2019.
Visite guidée de l'élégante Abbaye aux dames de saintes
Située sur la rive droite de la Charente, l'abbaye aux dames de Saintes a été fondée en 1047. Cet ancien couvent est devenu, aujourd'hui, un centre culturel de recherche et de pratiques musicales. Visite guidée avec Dominique Laveau et Stéphane Bourin.
Organist Plays in Abbaye Aux Dames
Abbaye aux dames - Présentation des nouveaux parcours de visite
Visite à l'Abbaye-aux-Dames
Cantores visite Caen.