Caen. Saint-Etienne, Abbaye aux Hommes

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Abbey of St. Stephen's, Men's Abbey (French Abbaye aux Hommes.) - a former Benedictine abbey in France, in Caen (Normandy). Together with the female Abbey St. Trinity founded in 1059 by William Conqueror. Closed in the French Revolution, now in the former premises of the Abbey is a municipality and the former monastery church became a parish church. In 1840, the Abbey included in the list of cultural heritage Frantsii.Tserkov St. Stephen was built in the Romanesque style in the second half of XI century. In the XIII century over the towers of the Romanesque facade erected Gothic bell tower height of 80 and 82 meters. Main nave has a length of 56 meters, is a well-preserved sample Norman Roman style. The main nave and two side consist of eight herbs. The choirs of the church built on the turn of the XII and XIII centuries and include Gothic features. Apse of the church consists of Ambulatory and 13 hours.