Notre-Dame (Aillas)
The Notre-Dame Catholic Church in Aillas , a French parish in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , was built in the 12th century. The Romanesque church has been on the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique since 1896 .
The hall building , which belonged to the Knights Templar , has a transept and an apse with two additional absidioles. A bell tower rises above the crossing with high, round arched sound arcades on all sides . A south aisle was added in the 17th century. In the 19th and 20th In the 19th century, major changes took place in the church: the north aisle was built, the bell tower was changed and the nave was given its current vault .
Numerous capitals from the 12th century and frescoes from the 15th century have been preserved.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 87-88.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Notre-Dame d'Aillas in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 44 ° 28 ′ 27.3 " N , 0 ° 4 ′ 32.2" W.