Bec Abbey, formally the Abbey of Our Lady of Bec, is a Benedictine monastic foundation in the Eure département, in the Bec valley midway between the cities of Rouen and Bernay. It is located in Le Bec Hellouin, Normandy, France, and was the most influential abbey of the 12th-century Anglo-Norman kingdom.
South side of the abbey, the church and the monks' cells seen from Le Bec-Hellouin
Seal Abbaye du Bec.
West side of the Tour Saint-Nicolas, between the ancient pottery to its left and the monks' residential building to its right
Abbey church
Eure is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2021, Eure had a population of 598,934.
Claude Monet's garden and water-lily pond in Giverny, near Yvelines, subject of a series of famous paintings
Évreux
Château de Beaumesnil
Château de Gisors