St-Germain (Saint-Germain-Village)
The Roman Catholic Church of St-Germain in Saint-Germain-Village , a district of the French commune of Pont-Audemer in the Eure department in the Normandy region , was built in the 11th century. The Romanesque church, surrounded by a cemetery, has been a protected architectural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1886 .
description
The church , consecrated to St. Germanus of Auxerre , was for a long time under the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Pierre le Préaux . The church originally consisted of a six- bay main nave with side aisles, a transept with a square tower above the crossing , a two-bay choir and apsidioles . At the time of the restoration , the central nave was shortened to three bays. The west facade was renewed around 1900 using parts of the old central nave and the portal . Today's nave has non-profiled, double tiered arcades , on half pillars rest on the pilasters with rectangular brick pillars are connected. A band accompanies the upper facade windows , which are framed by a double-stepped round arch. All ships are flat-decked. The transept has upper clad windows with set columns. The windowless crossing tower rests on four double-tiered round arches supported by bundles of columns. There is a narrow stair tower on the northwest corner. The corners of the tower are rounded off by set columns in the basement. The upper floor was built in the 14th century and is decorated with arcades on columns.
literature
- Lucien Musset : Romanesque Normandy (East) . Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1987, ISBN 3-429-01090-X , pp. 301-302.
Web links
- Église Saint-Germain de Saint-Germain-Village in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Presentation of the parish community on the diocese website
Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 55.3 " N , 0 ° 30 ′ 25.2" E