Caen holds 2 places documented in this archive, among them Abbaye aux Dames (1060–1130): the Twin Abbey of Matilda of Flanders, Whose Tomb Survived Where Her Husband's Was Destroyed Twice and Abbaye aux Hommes (1063–1077): William the Conqueror Founded It to Be Forgiven for the Marriage the Pope Had Forbidden.
What this page is
This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Caen, France: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.
Key facts
- Country: France
- Places in this archive: 2
- Centre of the documented entries: 49.1844°N, -0.3610°E
Places documented in Caen
- Abbaye aux Dames (1060–1130): the Twin Abbey of Matilda of Flanders, Whose Tomb Survived Where Her Husband's Was Destroyed Twice — Come il marito Guglielmo con la sua Abbaye aux Hommes, anche Matilde di Fiandra fondò questa abbazia femminile come penitenza per il matrimo
- Abbaye aux Hommes (1063–1077): William the Conqueror Founded It to Be Forgiven for the Marriage the Pope Had Forbidden — Guglielmo il Conquistatore fondò l'abbazia come penitenza, dopo che il papa Leone IX aveva vietato il suo matrimonio con la cugina Matilde d
Sources
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