Free visit of a 13th century church

Name: Visite libre d'une église du 13ème siècle
Start: 2022-09-17T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Église de Saint-Gervais

The church of St Gervais sur Couches, of the thirteenth century, classified as historical monuments since 1911, is remarkable for its architecture: it was raised in a single stream between 1200 and 12

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

Dessin de Michel Bouillot, droits acquis par AM Chesneau

In this village of 200 inhabitants, located away from the paths of passage, it is on a shady square, surrounded by old houses, a wash-house, a tree of peace, a garden of singles and 2 crosses. To the north a commemorative cross and to the south the cross of the old cemetery of which there remain 3 tombs preserved for their history.
Built of local stone, granite and limestone, its stocky silhouette is reinforced by imposing buttresses. The whole of the building is supported by these numerous and powerful buttresses; four facades; others dot the outer bays, finally two support the angles of the flat bedside.

À propos du lieu

Église de Saint-Gervais

Le Bourg, 71490 Saint-Gervais-sur-Couches

Saône-et-Loire
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The church of St Gervais sur Couches, of the thirteenth century, classified as historical monuments since 1911, is remarkable for its architecture This church was raised in a single stream between 1200 and 1260, from the intimate mix of Gothic and Romanesque processes that meet there. Its history:: The early Gothic church was built between 1200 and 1260 with a single jet. It was the work of a time when ogival art began to penetrate the Burgundian countryside all covered already with monuments of the previous age. Very old and classified, the geographical dictionary of France quotes it as being of the XIIth century, but if we refer to the Memoirs of the Eduenne Society published in 1911 in which, based on the data provided by the choir of the basilica of Vézelay, by the churches of Notre-Dame de Dijon, Notre-Dame de Cluny and Saint-Vincent de Chalon Cathedral, the author writes: It seems difficult to admit that the church of Saint-Gervais was built before the year 1200; but it seems on