'''Fontevrault''' (more fully, ''Fontevrault-L'Abbaye'') is an historic town in the Loire Valley region of France.
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'''Fontevraud Abbey''', ''Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud'', [http://www.abbaye-fontevraud.com/]. The burial place of several Plantagenet rulers of England and various French duchies, including Henry II, Richard I the Lionheart and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Their painted effigies are displayed in the nave of the abbey.
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'''La Licorne''', ''The Unicorn'', 31 Rue Robert d'Arbrisselle, tel 02 41 51 72 49.
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Travellers wishing to see more of the Loire Valley can continue further east into the adjoining Centre-Val de Loire region, studded with additional historical cities and chateaux at sites such as Bourges and Saint-Benoit-du-Sault.