St-Samson (Ouistreham)
The parish church of St. Samson is located in Ouistreham in the Calvados department in Normandy . It was built in the years before 1150 and dedicated to Saint Samson in 1180 . At that time - and until the French Revolution - Ouistreham was a rule that was subordinate to the Sainte-Trinité convent in Caen .
description
The remarkable quality of the construction is due both to the prosperity of the port of Ouistreham throughout the Anglo-Norman period and to the patronage of the powerful monastery. St-Samson is an elongated three-aisled basilica of six bays. Across the width of the central nave, the choir bay joins without a transept, above which a mighty choir tower rises. The apse, which is closed on five sides, adjoins the choir bay.
At the end of the 19th century, as part of a restoration, some serious interventions were made in the architecture and the building sculpture. Two windows commemorate the liberation of the city from German occupation in 1944.
Over the centuries the church served not only religious purposes, but also as a defensive structure as well as a navigation mark and lighthouse. The building has been a French cultural monument since 1840 .
Main facade
Main nave
West portal
Individual evidence
- ^ Eglise Saint-Samson (XIe-XIIe siècles)
- ↑ Entry no. PA00111593 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 34.7 " N , 0 ° 15 ′ 29.9" W.