Ste-Croix (La Baume-de-Transit)

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Sainte-Croix apse and bell gable

The Ste-Croix Catholic Church in La Baume-de-Transit , a French parish in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , was originally built in the 12th century. The church in the middle of the cemetery has been a protected architectural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1908 .

architecture

The church, the Holy grave consecrated , has been significantly upgraded to provide 1668th The destroyed north apse was replaced by a three-aisled nave and the main altar was placed in the Romanesque south apse. On the roof of the church there is a bell gable with three bells.

literature

  • Guy Barruol, Jean-Maurice Rouquette: Routes through the Romanesque Provence . Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-429-01506-5 , p. 94.
  • Jean-Maurice Rouquette: Provence novels I . Zodiaque, 2nd edition, La Pierre-qui-Vire 1980, p. 31. (without ISBN)

Web links

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Coordinates: 44 ° 20 ′ 19.2 "  N , 4 ° 51 ′ 52.3"  E