Beaugency Notre-Dame Abbey Church, Beaugency

This Romanesque abbey church dates to the late 11th century and was substantially rebuilt around 1140 in the regional Loire Valley style using local Beauce limestone. The choir, with its eleven round arches and three radiating chapels, is considered one of the finest examples of transitional Romanesque-Gothic architecture along the Loire. In 1152, an ecclesiastical council held here annulled the marriage of King Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine — a decision that redirected the course of French and English history.