St-Symphorien (Nuits-Saint-Georges)
The Saint-Symphorien Church is a 13th-century building in the winegrowers' quarter ( quartier des vignerons ) at the gates of the medieval city of Nuits-Saint-Georges ( Côte-d'Or department , Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ).
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While Gothic styles had already prevailed elsewhere, the church, built at the end of the 13th century, still remains in Romanesque forms .
The building is a three-aisled basilica with a transept and a crossing tower. Even if the overall appearance is Romanesque, Gothic elements cannot be overlooked. While there are ridge vaults in the side aisles, the nave and transept are vaulted with cross ribs. In the choir there are cantoned round pillars with bud capitals. The services that conclude at staggered heights are a typical feature of the earlier Burgundian Gothic. The decorative shapes of the triple arcades and triple columns in the choir head and on the west portal are reminiscent of Notre-Dame in Dijon . Later additions are the northern transept chapels (around 1400).
On the southern pillar of the choir flank chapel there is a remarkable painting fragment of a crucifixion from the beginning of the 15th century. The figure of Mary is reminiscent of the mourning Mother of God of the Calvary by Claus Sluter in the Chartreuse de Champmol, only preserved in replicas .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′ 29.5 ″ N , 4 ° 56 ′ 38.9 ″ E