Saintes - Abbaye aux Dames
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Saintes - Abbaye aux Dames
The Abbey of Sainte-Marie-des-Dames was the first Benedictine abbey for women Charente-Maritime. It was founded in 1047 by Geoffrey II (aka "Geoffrey Martel") and his first wife Agnes of Burgundy. Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of Richard Lionheart, was a great donor here.
The place, where the abbey got erected, was a Roman cemetery. An Oratorium, over the tomb of Saint Pallais, existed here already in the 6th century.
Saintes was a major halt for the pilgrims following the Via Turonensis, so the abbey developed well, during the first centuries. During the 100 Year´s War the abbey got ruined, reconstructed later, it got severely damaged by Huguenots during the Wars of Religions.
The abbey existed up to the end of the 18th century. After the French Revolution the buldings served as prison and from 1808 on as a barracks. The church was used as a stable for the horses of the cavalry.
The barracks existed still in the early 1920s, before the renovations were done. In 1938 the abbey church "Sainte-Marie" got consecrated again.
This is the right arc. The main archivolt depicts 24 men, sitting on chairs. Their lower shanks are visible from underneath. Twelve of these have a kind of board on their knees, what may stand for a table. So the most historians see this (despite large number of people) as the Last Supper. Most participants have halos. Christ ("cross nimbus") passes the bread to Judas (no nimbus!)
The place, where the abbey got erected, was a Roman cemetery. An Oratorium, over the tomb of Saint Pallais, existed here already in the 6th century.
Saintes was a major halt for the pilgrims following the Via Turonensis, so the abbey developed well, during the first centuries. During the 100 Year´s War the abbey got ruined, reconstructed later, it got severely damaged by Huguenots during the Wars of Religions.
The abbey existed up to the end of the 18th century. After the French Revolution the buldings served as prison and from 1808 on as a barracks. The church was used as a stable for the horses of the cavalry.
The barracks existed still in the early 1920s, before the renovations were done. In 1938 the abbey church "Sainte-Marie" got consecrated again.
This is the right arc. The main archivolt depicts 24 men, sitting on chairs. Their lower shanks are visible from underneath. Twelve of these have a kind of board on their knees, what may stand for a table. So the most historians see this (despite large number of people) as the Last Supper. Most participants have halos. Christ ("cross nimbus") passes the bread to Judas (no nimbus!)
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