St-Mammès (Saint-Mammès)
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The Catholic parish church of Saint-Mammès in Saint-Mammès , a parish in the Seine-et-Marne department in the French region of Île-de-France , was probably built around the year 1000. The early Romanesque church is one of the oldest in the region. It is dedicated to St. Mamas , a martyr who was executed in Cappadocia in the 3rd century . In 1926, Saint-Mammès was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique .
history
Originally the church belonged to a Benedictine priory that was subordinate to the monastery of La Charité-sur-Loire , located in what is now the Burgundy region . From this priory only the church has survived, which became a parish church after the French Revolution . At that time the south aisle was demolished and a rectory was built on the spot .
architecture
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Exterior construction
The two-story bell tower with a gable roof rises on the south side . The square basement is supported at the corners by flat buttresses and broken through on all four sides by a simple, round-arched opening. Two unadorned sound arcades also open up on the upper floor .
The west facade, like the apse, is structured by flat, stepped buttresses. In the middle, the portal is embedded in a massive wall projection. It is located at a non corbels carried rim cornice and is laterally from buttresses limited. The portal opening is cut into a stepped garment at right angles and is surrounded by two archivolts .
inner space
The interior is laid out as a three-aisled basilica . To the east of the nave are three semicircular apses covered by domes . Barrel-vaulted choir bays are inserted between these and the nave . The central nave arcades rest on pillars without warriors . The preserved north aisle is covered with a barrel vault.
Furnishing
- The church has a limestone figure of St. 13th century mums. The saint holds his entrails in his right hand in memory of his martyrdom. A falcon sits on his left hand.
- The stone figure of a Madonna and Child is dated to the 14th century.
Grave slabs
Several tombstones from the 13th century have been preserved in the church. Adam Peniers' grave slab is dated to 1281. The deceased is engraved in full figure, dressed in armor and surrounded by his coat of arms. A dog is depicted under his feet. His wife, Agnès de Prunoy, is also shown in full size on her grave slab. Her hands are folded, she wears a veil and a wide cloak over her dress.
literature
- Georges Poisson (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments d'Île de France. Éditions Hervas, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84334-002-0 , p. 739.
- Anne Prache: Romanesque Île-de-France (Paris and surroundings). Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1987, ISBN 3-429-01029-2 , pp. 387-388.
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 1013-1014.
Web links
- Église Saint-Mammès in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 19.6 " N , 2 ° 48 ′ 28.4" E