Germigny-des-Prés
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loiret | |
| Arrondissement | Orleans | |
| Canton | Sully-sur-Loire | |
| Community association | Val de Sully | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 51 ' N , 2 ° 16' E | |
| height | 102-112 m | |
| surface | 9.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 722 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 74 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 45110 | |
| INSEE code | 45153 | |
| Website | http://www.germigny-des-pres.fr/ | |
Germigny-des-Prés is a commune in the Loiret department in the Center-Val de Loire region in France . It has 722 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on an area of 978 hectares and is at an average height of 110 m above sea level.
location
The place is on the north bank of the Loire between Châteauneuf-sur-Loire in the west and Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire in the east.
Pre-Romanesque church
The church of Germigny-des-Prés ( oratory of Germigny des Pres , Theodulf's chapel ) is a pre-Romanesque , Carolingian church building. It was completed in 806 and is now one of the oldest preserved church buildings in France. The church was founded by Theodulf of Orleans . Its architecture was based on the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne in Aachen . The original central building in the form of a Greek cross was extended by a nave in the Middle Ages (the western abside had to be demolished).
The mosaic in the east abside is of particular interest. It depicts two angels and the ark in the middle. The Byzantine style mosaic, unique north of the Alps, was painted over during the French Revolution and was only rediscovered later.
literature
- Wilfried Hansmann : The Loire Valley. Castles, churches and cities in the «Garden of France» . 2nd Edition. DuMont, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-7701-3555-5 , p. 49 ( online ).
- Rolf Toman (ed.): The art of the Romanesque. Architecture, sculpture, painting. Könemann, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-89508-213-9 , p. 384.
