St-Didier (Asfeld)
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The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Didier is a baroque church in Asfeld (at the time of the construction of Avaux , previously Ecry ) in the Ardennes department ( France ). It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1913 .
history
The church was built between 1680 and 1685 by order of the royal intendant Jean-Jacques de Mesmes and partly at his expense. The plan came from a “Monsieur Fleury” and the Dominican Brother François Romain from Maastricht . There is speculation about a co-authorship of Guarino Guarini . The church was restored in 1733, from 1865, 1994, 2001 and 2008/09.
construction
The church, made entirely of bricks, is 44.82 m long and has the shape of a rotunda on the base of a pentagon in the east, which is covered by a flat dome and surrounded by a column wreath with niche chapels. A colonnade adjoins it to the west , which is concave and supports a three-storey domed tower. In front of it is a vestibule with an oval floor plan.
literature
- Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos (ed.): Le Guide du Patrimoine: Champagne Ardenne . Hachette, Paris 1995, pp. 94-95, ISBN 2-01-020987-7
- Peter Volkelt, Horst van Hees: Lorraine - Ardennes - Eastern Champagne, Reclams Art Guide France III . Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1983, pp. 21-22, ISBN 3-15-010319-3
Web links
- Article in culture.fr (French)
- Église Saint-Didier d'Asfeld in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 11 ″ N , 4 ° 7 ′ 5 ″ E