Compléter Remplissez les Blanks: Découvrez Fleury 1Version en ligne Testez vos connaissances sur le projet innovant Fleury 1 et son impact environnemental. par Michael Riccioli 1 of between of on of of of during of from from who of to at in in of from to in of in At of of it in The Monastery The Abbey Fleury , the diocese Orléans , is situated Saint - Benoît - sur - Loire the heart of the region , Centre - Val de Loire . Located the north bank the river Loire a fertile agricultural valley , causing many to call le " Val d ? Or " ( Golden Valley ) , it is the cross - roads the forest of Orléans , the region Sologne and the Beauce , ( the granary France ) . It is a UNESCO world - heritage site . The abbey church , which bears the name basilica , is a place worship , but is also an exceptional architectural monument the Romanesque period . Numerous capitals decorate the porch - tower which date the first half the 11th century . Likewise , the transept and the choir were constructed the second half under the same influence . the north door , there is a tympanum the end of the 12th century representing the teachings Christ to His evangelists and apostles , with a lintel , portraying the transfer of the relics Saint Benedict from Mont Cassin the abbey . This iconographic representation is exceptional in the Region Centre - Val de Loire and constitutes a major work Romanesque art . The basilica is dedicated the Virgin Mary and to Saint Benedict is the patriarch of the monks the western world and the co - patron Europe , and whose relics lie the 11th century crypt .