abbaye
Noun
Meaning
abbaye (plural abbayes)
Archaic form of abbey.
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Abbaye is a very nice restaurant – great setting for intimate dinners for 2 or even a group of friends.
While barrel vaults and groin vaults are typical of Romanesque architecture, ribbed vaults were used in the naves of two Romanesque churches in Caen, Abbey of Saint-Étienne and Abbaye aux Dames in 1120.
The Priory belonged originally to the Benedictine foundation of St. Vincent Abbaye at Le Mans.