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Abbaye du Loroux (Vernantes)

Maine-et-Loire (49) · commune of Vernantes

LOROUX ABBEY AND CHAPEL

Postern of the abbey (14th century)
Postern of the abbey (14th century)
14th-15th centuries)
14th-15th centuries)

The ruins of Loroux abbey, founded in the 12th century, are now in the grounds of the 19th-century château du Loroux, a few miles from Vernantes (Maine-et-Loire). The postern of the abbey and the chapel (Chapelle des hôtes) were built in the 14th and 15th centuries. The mural paintings decorating the apse of the chapel also date back to the 14th and 15th centuries.

wall belfry of the chapel
wall belfry of the chapel
Ruins of the abbey
Ruins of the abbey
Ruins of the abbey mill
Ruins of the abbey mill
Nave of the chapel
Nave of the chapel

Mural paintings:

Apse of the chapel
Apse of the chapel
Angels on a star-studded background
Angels on a star-studded background
Two angels, one of whom is bearing a cross
Two angels, one of whom is bearing a cross
Abbaye du Loroux (Vernantes)
Abbaye du Loroux (Vernantes)

Angels (details)

Location and nearby churches

  1. Mouliherne 6.2 km
  2. Bocé 15 km
  3. Chartrené 16 km
  4. Saumur 17 km
  5. Pontigné 18 km
  6. Cunault 18 km

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