St-Pierre-St-Paul (Romazy)

Church of St-Pierre-St-Paul in Romazy

portal

The Catholic parish church of St-Pierre-St-Paul in Romazy , a French parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region , was originally built in the 12th century and rebuilt from the 15th century. The church , dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul , was built for the priory , which was founded around 1060 by the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Florent near Saumur .

architecture

Large parts of the nave with the portal , the choir head and the transept , which forms the transition to the higher choir, have been preserved from the Romanesque building .

The two-storey sacristy was added in 1617. In 1873 the rectangular bell tower was rebuilt.

literature

• Louise-Marie Tillet: Itineraries through Brittany. Calvaires and Romanesque churches. Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-429-01186-8 . Pp. 28-29.

Web links

Commons : St-Pierre-St-Paul (Romazy)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description at the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 33.2 "  N , 1 ° 29 ′ 52.4"  W.