Beaumont-lès-Tours Abbey

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The Royal Abbey of Notre-Dame de Beaumont-lès-Tours (now part of Tours ) was the most prosperous abbey in Touraine until the 1780s .

history

The Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame de l'Ecrignole in Tours was probably founded by Ingeltrude, an aunt of King Guntchramn , around 580. Hervé von Buzançais, treasurer of Saint-Martin de Tours , moved it to Beaumont in front of the city gates around 1002. The elevation to the royal abbey is attested for the year 1007.

In secular matters the abbey was subordinate to the collegiate chapter of Saint-Martin in Tours, in spiritual matters it remained true to the Benedictine rule. It had 12 priories : Notre-Dame de Beaumont was the most prosperous abbey in Touraine.

In 1784 the abbey was practically destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1786. The abbot's palace, known as the "Pavillon de Condé", dates from this time and is the last remnant of the abbey today. The abbey was dissolved in 1790. In 1798 the building was sold as Bien national , later demolished except for the abbot's palace (Logis abbatial) , the stables (Écuries) and the barn (Grange) ; the choir grille was built into the portal of the prefecture in 1806. In 1866 the terrain was leveled to gain farmland. In 1913 the state bought the Pavillon de Condé to build the Beaumont and Chauveau barracks, which have been out of use since 2009. The Pavillon de Condé has been classified as a Monument historique since 1946 .

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  1. ↑ Beaumont-lès-Tours is a former municipality in the southwest of Tours, it was merged with Saint-Étienne-Extra in 1823 and incorporated into Tours in 1845

Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′ 59.8 "  N , 0 ° 40 ′ 19.8"  E