Chantiers Histoire
Et Architecture Médiévales
SUIVEZ-NOUS SUR
NOTRE-DAME DU BEC ABBEY,
le bec-hellouin,
11th-18th centuries
Listed Historical Monument in 2008
Normandy region
training worksite
10 months
4th march 2019 > 3rd december 2019
This permanent worksite concerns volunteers of the Civic Service
♜ Notre-Dame du Bec Abbey was founded in 1034 and it very quickly became an important place for benedictine influence. After the 1789 French Revolution it is abandoned in ruins and then used as a military place. A new monastic order arrives in 1948 and has been there since.
Conservation, stabilization et restoration of the walls and diverse buildings
Plants removal, cleaning and pointing of joints
Masonry, repointing
Stone dressing and laying
Making of an opening in a closing wall
Restoration of the roofing of an annex building
16 years old minimum
The association ensures technical and educational management.
The regional service for cultural affairs and historical monuments conservation (Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles - Conservation Régionale des Monuments Historiques de Normandie) is a partner of this action, as the monument belongs to the State.
