St-Germain (Boësses)
The Catholic Church Saint-Germain in Boësses , a commune in the Loiret department in the French region of Center-Val de Loire , was probably built in the 12th century. The church, consecrated to St. Germanus of Paris , is one of the Gâtinais village churches with a Romanesque porch. In 1956, the church was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique . The porche , which was built in the 12th / 13th centuries. It was dated to the 16th century and was listed as a historical monument in 1908.
architecture
The two lower floors of the bell tower go back to the original Romanesque building. Two sturdy buttresses emerge on the east and west façades, which demarcate the main nave from the two aisles. The side aisles were probably added in the 13th century; further modifications were made in the 14th and 15th centuries. A large gable roof spans all three aisles.
A transept and a straight choir adjoin the three-aisled nave in the east . The interior is structured by arched arcades supported by square pillars with battlement plates . Only the eastern yoke of the central nave still has a Romanesque barrel vault . The vaults of the other yokes were renewed in the Gothic period.
lobby
To the west of the church is a vestibule that extends over the entire width of the nave. It is broken up by eleven arcades and covered by a pent roof. In the middle, opposite the portal of the church, as well as on the two narrow sides in the north and south, a round-arched, unadorned passage leads into the vestibule. To the left of the central entrance there are six arcades that rest on five columns. On the right side, four columns support five arcades. The wedges of the arches are carefully carved. The monolithic columns have bases with round bars and corner leaves . The capitals are decorated with stylized foliage. The tips of the leaves are partially rolled into balls, and some depict human heads.
literature
- Anne Prache: Romanesque Île-de-France (Paris and surroundings) . Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1987, ISBN 3-429-01029-2 , pp. 413-415.
Web links
- Église Saint-Germain in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 11.1 ″ N , 2 ° 26 ′ 54.1 ″ E