St-Pierre (Aizier)
The Roman Catholic Church of St-Pierre in Aizier , a French parish in the Eure department in the Normandy region , was built in the 11th century. The Romanesque parish church has been a protected architectural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1913 .
description
The Apostle Peter consecrated church was built in 1006 by Duke Richard II. Of Fécamp Abbey paid. This had the choir and the tower built at the end of the 11th century . The choir head is reinforced by two flat buttresses , it is broken through by three window openings and is covered by a semi- dome . The choir tower rises above the choir yoke on a rectangular floor plan , the long side of which runs in a north-south direction. The five-story tower is stepped down floor by floor. The floors are divided by narrow bands. The three lower floors are reinforced at the corners by buttresses. Upwards the number of openings and decoration increases, creating the impression of an upward movement. A scroll frieze runs over the unadorned windows on the top floor . The spire consists of a flat stepped pyramid, the cornice of which is supported by consoles . The nave was essentially built in the 16th century, the north aisle was shortened in 1695 and the south aisle was demolished in the 19th century.
The Pierre Trouée of Aizier is a hole stone, within sight of the Tancarville Bridge on the River since 1976. Its stands near the church.
literature
- Lucien Musset : Romanesque Normandy (East) . Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1987, ISBN 3-429-01090-X , pp. 279-280.
Web links
- Église Saint-Pierre d'Aizier in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 51.3 " N , 0 ° 37 ′ 35.2" E