St-Martin (Tremblay)
The Catholic Church of St-Martin in Val-Couesnon , a French parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region , was originally built in the 11th century by the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Florent near Saumur and modified in the 16th and 19th centuries .
The church dedicated to Saint Martin has been classified as a Monument historique since 1926 .
architecture
The simple nave , the transept and the choir bay with stone vaults have been preserved from the Romanesque building . The apsidioles were torn down after a fire in 1801. The crossing is bordered by arcades .
The southern and northern portal also date from the Romanesque period. The profiled archivolts rest on consoles that are decorated with human heads or masks.
A north aisle was added in the 16th century, with the arched arcades resting on thick round pillars.
Furnishing
Of the furnishings , the figures of saints from the 16th to 18th centuries are worth mentioning.
The canopy of the baroque main altar from the 18th century was classified as a monument historique in 1919 .
literature
- Louise-Marie Tillet: Itineraries through Brittany. Calvaires and Romanesque churches. Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-429-01186-8 . Pp. 29-30.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église Saint-Martin de Tremblay in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Baldaquin du maître-autel in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 21.8 " N , 1 ° 28 ′ 32.4" W.