Fontevraud Abbey and Romanesque Kitchens
Fontevraud Abbey has the recumbent statues of Henry II of England and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the only preserved Romanesque kitchens in France
The River Loire and the Grande Levée d’Anjou
La Grande Levée d’Anjou restrains the River Loire, the longest French river and last untamed river of Europe, from flooding its rich alluvial valley
St Maur de Glanfeuil Abbey – Loire Valley
St. Maur, a disciple of St-Benedict of Nursia, founded St Maur de Glanfeuil Abbey in the 6th century in the Loire Valley, on the site of a Roman temple