Saint-Genou
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre | |
| Arrondissement | Chateauroux | |
| Canton | Buzançais | |
| Community association | Val de l'Indre-Brenne | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 56 ' N , 1 ° 20' E | |
| height | 97-167 m | |
| surface | 24.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 971 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 36500 | |
| INSEE code | 36194 | |
 Sainte-Vierge Church in Saint-Genou |
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Saint-Genou is a French municipality with 971 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) Indre in the Region Center-Val de Loire . The village is located on the Indre River , around 33 km west of Châteauroux .
history
Saint-Genou goes back to a Benedictine abbey founded in the 9th century by the Count of Bourges at a place called "Strate", today's Estrées . After the destruction by the Normans , it was rebuilt a little further downstream. The relic of St. Genulfus kept there gave its name to the village that developed around the abbey. At the time of the French Revolution, Saint-Genou became a commune.
Attractions
- Romanesque church Sainte-Vierge - the church from the 12th / 13th centuries Century has been classified as a monument historique since 1862 . Despite the missing nave, which was destroyed in 1676, the three-aisled basilica is one of the pristine Romanesque monuments in the Berry. In addition to the partially restored crossing , the choir of the church with its side aisles extending over the transept has been preserved. The barrel vault of the central nave and (narrow) side aisles is typically Romanesque; the walls above the arcades of the central nave, which are additionally structured by false galleries in the form of blind arcades; overlying ceilings ; lower eastern part, separated from the nave by an arched wall, with a semicircular apse, flanked by two chapels; remarkable capital sculpture.
- Lantern des morts
- Porcelain museum
- Townscape with houses from the 15th / 16th centuries Century.
literature
- Jean-Marie Pérouse Montclos (Editor): Le Guide du Patrimoine - Center, Val de Loire . Hachette Livre, 1995, p. 569.
- Wilfried Koch : architectural style - European architecture from antiquity to the present ; 22nd, edited edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon-Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh / Munich 1998, ISBN 3-8094-5007-3 .
Web links
Commons : Saint-Genou - Collection of images, videos and audio files
