St-Martin (Broglie)

St Martin's Church in Broglie

Interior of the church

The Roman Catholic Church of St-Martin in Broglie , a French parish in the Eure department in the Normandy region , was built from the 11th century. The Romanesque parish church has been a protected architectural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1862 .

history

The church consecrated to St. Martin was built from the 11th century under Henri II. De Ferrières. The southern part was built in the 15th century by Jean IV. De Ferrières. Conversions took place in the 16th and 17th centuries, so that the Romanesque components are now part of a predominantly Gothic overall work.

description

The portal is surrounded by three unprofiled arches and the narrow gable is framed by two flat buttresses . Limestone cross arches adorn the facade. A roof turret with a bell sits on this gable end . The central nave, made up of five bays, has a wall structure, which is divided by double-stepped arcades and whose simple struts merge into massive, rectangular pillars . The first floor dates from the late 12th century. The windows are framed by a continuous profile that is decorated with small flowers. The choir with two bays supports the tower on two Romanesque girders . Remnants of the former ambulatory are still there.

Furnishing

Leaded glass window depicting the Entombment of Christ

The leaded glass windows date from the 16th and 17th centuries.

The organ was built in 1850 by the organ builder Georges Luce (Lisieux). Around 1920 the instrument was rebuilt by the organ builder Henri Firmin, and in the years 1963–1967 by the organ builder M. Gervais. The original organ case and the prospect pipes are preserved. The instrument has 17 stops on two manuals. The pedal is attached to the main work (Grand Orgue). The actions are mechanical.

I Grand Orgue C – f 3 Bourdon-Montre 16 ′ (L) Flood 8th' (L) Bourdon 8th' (L) Viol 8th' Prestant 4 ′ (L) Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′

(Continuation) Duplicate 2 ′ (L) Cornet Fittings III (L) Trumpets 8th' (L) Hautbois 8th' Clairon 4 ′ (L)

II Récit expressif C – g 3 Bourdon 8th' (L) Flood 4 ′ (L) Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ (L) Hautbois 8th' Voix humaine 8th'

• Pairing : II / I
• annotation

(L) = original register from 1850 (Luce)

literature

• Lucien Musset : Romanesque Normandy (East) . Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1987, ISBN 3-429-01090-X , pp. 282-283.

Web links

Commons : St-Martin (Broglie)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Église Saint-Martin de Broglie (Eure) in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
• Presentation of the parish community on the diocese website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the organ (French)

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 31.5 ″  N , 0 ° 31 ′ 46.7 ″  E