St-Quentin (Scy-Chazelles)

View to the choir tower of St-Quentin

View into the choir with the grave of Robert Schuman

The Roman Catholic fortified church of St-Quentin is located in Scy-Chazelles in the arrondissement of Metz in the Moselle department in France . The church has been classified as a monument ( Monument historique ) since 1930 .

history

The Church of St-Quentin was built around 1120. In the course of the 12th century the choir tower was added to the east . In 1409 it was finally expanded into a fortified church. The nave has a barrel vault . A Gothic triumphal arch opens to the choir bay, which closes in the east with a semicircular apse. The triple window was broken into the Romanesque apse in Gothic times.

In the choir is the grave of the politician Robert Schuman, who died in 1963 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ St-Quentin in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

literature

• Peter Volkelt, Horst van Hees: Lorraine, Ardennes, Eastern Champagne. Art monuments and museums . Stuttgart 1983, p. 408.

Web links

Commons : St-Quentin (Scy-Chazelles)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 40 ″  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 41 ″  E