# Interior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, French]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Fécamp lies at the opening of the valley of the Valmont River, between high cliffs. In the 11th century Fécamp became famous for its Benedictine abbey, which, before the growth of the fame of Mont-Saint-Michel, was the foremost pilgrimage centre in Normandy. The abbey of the Trinity, which was destroyed by lightning, was rebuilt between the 12th and 13th centuries using the cream-coloured stone of Caen, and was restored in the 15th and 18th centuries. It is an impressive building with a lantern tower 84 metres high. Under the Plantagenets, the scriptorium at Fécamp produced numerous <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/zgothic/miniatur/1151-200/4fecamp/index.html'\)" href="/html/zgothic/miniatur/1151-200/4fecamp/index.html">illuminated manuscripts.</a> The photo shows the nave looking east. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Bird's eye view]() - [Burial lantern]() - [Castle]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()