Jumièges Travel Guide

 Beausoleil Says:  The Abbey was founded in 634 by St. Philibert. It has been destroyed a couple times and rebuilt, once by William the Conqueror. The French Revolution did it in and it was actually used as a quarry for a while. There is a lot left, however, and it is an amazing sight. You... 

 hquittner Says:  The ancient history of Jumieges has led to some archeological explorations. The successes have been early remnants of the original Carolingian church and lost fragments of the existing ruins. 

 hquittner Says:  St. Peter's Church was first built in the 10C! It may have been razed in 945. The last church was partly built in the 13C and finished between 1332-39. Thus it is mostly in rich Gothic style. However the first bays on the west utilized remnants of the early Carolingian... 

 hquittner Says:  One must start at the Gatehouse where tickets of entry are obtained. The original gatehouse is embedded in this structure (on the right in the picture) . It is of the 14C and has two unequal openings from a vaulted space, at the bottom of a square building. The topping and... 

 hquittner Says:  The lateral elevation of the nave is of three levels: the lowest is a tall double-thick arched arcade, above this is a 3-windowed/bay gallery which stretched into the transepts and a modestly tall clerestory above. Lateral to the nave are remnants of the groin vaulted... 

 hquittner Says:  This is a Benedictine Norman Romanesque style monastery. As one approaches from the gatehouse the two tall towers (150 ft; 51m tall) (See our Introduction picture), which have lost their steeples, unexpectedly stick out through the tall trees in this rural setting looking... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The façade of the abbey is very interesting and it constitutes a rare example of construction in projection among two towers, consequential architectural scheme from the Carolingian tradition. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The abbey was sold after the revolution and bought in 1852 by the family Lepel-Cointer. In 1946 the state purchases the complex. The whole complex has been called the most beautiful ruin in France. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The Abbey of Jumièges has been founded in 654 by St. Filiberto and it knows a notable development up to the Viking (among 841 and 940) invasions. The rebirth comes following the dukes of Normandie. 

 Airpunk Says:  The Abbaye de Jumièges is the ruin of former convent building. There has been a convent since the 654 AD, but the ruins date back to the 10th century when most buildings were constructed. The new convent was consecrated by the archbishop of Rouen and William the Conqueror...