Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec

The abbey Notre-Dame du Bec-Bec is located near Brionne Hellouin in the department of Eure.

It was founded in 1034 (eleventh century) by Herluin, Knight of the Count of Brionne. With the arrival of the Italian Lanfranc of Pavia, prior and master of the monastic school, and Anselm of Canterbury, Bec became one of the main centers of intellectual life of the eleventh century: the future Pope Alexander II studied there around 1050 and the number of future legates and bishops. It is twinned for almost 1000 years with the Abbey of Canterbury, to whom she gave three archbishops.

This high place of spiritual influence has returned to life with Benedictine monks since 1948, to perpetuate the monastic life again.

It now consists of the chapter house, cloister (seventeenth century) and the majestic convent buildings (eighteenth century). The great abbey church (XIV century) no longer has its foundations. The set is dominated by the mighty tower of St. Nicolas.