BENEDICTINE ABBEY
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Gothic abbey church of Lonlay Abbey, one of the oldest in western Normandy
Founded in 1017 by Guillaume de Bellême and entrusted to Benedictine monks, the Abbey of Lonlay (etymologically "the long valley") had an influence as far afield as England, where it had three priories, before suffering numerous destructions. Today, the abbey church still stands, with its Gothic porch, 3-storey Gothic choir, apsidioles leading to the ambulatory, Anglo-Norman capitals, three limestone altarpieces, one with a 17th-century Pietà, and wooden stalls (known as "miséricordes").
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Inside, note a series of fake arches and some chapitaux with heads monsters and painful figures.
The Gothic heart with its cylindrical pillars where springs columns, the first on the left is supported by a hand, the others being a figurine.