Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles: the cloisters with the Pons l'Orme Tower behind
Country | France |
City | Arles |
Subject Date | 1360 |
Image Date | 1880 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Romanesque |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | 41485/1 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Fortifications ; Towers ; Cloisters ; Monasteries & convents |
NOTES: This fortified Benedictine monastery was built between the 10th and 13th centuries. Construction on the Pons de l'Orme tower began in 1369 to protect the Abbey from the rampaging Grand Compagnies during the Hundred Years War.
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