St-Sauveur (Aniane)
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The former Benedictine monastery church of St-Sauveur is the Roman Catholic parish church of Aniane in the Hérault department in France . The church has been classified as a Monument historique since 2002 .
history
The Benedictine Abbey of Aniane was founded by Benedict von Aniane in 782. The medieval monastery church was destroyed in the 16th century in the course of the Huguenot Wars . In the 17th / 18th In the 19th century, a new building was built in baroque and post-Gothic forms. The single nave nave has a three-sided choir closure. There are opposite side chapels on both sides of the nave. In the west of the nave, a transept has a dome. The choir is framed outside by two mighty flank towers. In the course of the French Revolution , the monastery was closed and the church was transferred to the parish.
literature
- Ville de Aniane: Les fouilles archéologiques de l'ancienne abbaye Saint-Sauveur d'Aniane (leaflet).
Individual evidence
- ↑ St-Sauveur in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Web links
Coordinates: 43 ° 41 ′ 1.5 ″ N , 3 ° 35 ′ 20.1 ″ E