Fluctuat nec mergitur…
Mixed religious complex run by mother abbesses transformed into a prison until 1963, after being saved from destruction by Napoleon I, the royal abbey of Fontevraud has experienced many upheavals.
And Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom his recumbent statue in the heart of the abbey church represents a book in his hands, must be delighted that the monastic city has become one of the flagship sites of the cultural policy of the Pays de la Loire region.
A place welcoming concerts, exhibitions, events, artists in residence and now a museum of modern art, thanks to the donation of more than 800 pieces from the private collection of Martine and Léon Cligman.
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Attracted by expressions of classical modernity for more than sixty years, this couple formed by a captain of the textile industry (Newman, Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Christian Lacroix, Lacoste ...), whose factories are located around Fontevraud, and an artist daughter of a collector, raised among the works
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