St-Hilaire (Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes)

St-Hilaire Church in Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes

inside view

The Catholic parish church of St-Hilaire in Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes , a French parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany , was originally built in the 12th century.

The church, consecrated to St. Hilary of Poitiers , has large parts of the south and north walls made of reddish sandstone from the Romanesque period . The single-nave nave was extended to the west in the 15th century, with a new west facade. The southern portal was designed in the Renaissance style in the 16th century .

The rectangular bell tower was erected in the late 1940s.

literature

• Louise-Marie Tillet: Itineraries through Brittany. Calvaires and Romanesque churches. Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-429-01186-8 . P. 27.

Web links

Commons : St-Hilaire (Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description at the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 21'5 "  N , 1 ° 21'25.1"  W.