Guided tour of the Basilica of Saint Seurin in Bordeaux

Name: Visite guidée de la basilique Saint-Seurin de Bordeaux
Start: 2022-09-17T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Basilique Saint-Seurin

Discover this basilica of the 11th and 12th centuries, its crypt containing 5th century sarcophagi, its chapel, its 15th century alabasters and its 13th century portal.

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

©Ars et Fides Bordeaux

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À propos du lieu

Basilique Saint-Seurin

Place des martyrs de la Résistance, 33000 Bordeaux

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Seurin Basilica, a minor basilica, is probably the cradle of Bordeaux Christianity. From the vast Romanesque edifice of the 11th century, there is still the porch, the bedside, the crypt and the base of the bell tower.
From the 11th century, the return of peace facilitated the renewal of the church and marked the beginning of a great monastic impulse, as evidenced by the Basilica of Saint Seurin.
Founded in the sixth century, it was erected near the church of Saint-Étienne, the first cathedral of Bordeaux, as well as the vast necropolis of the same period. It was in the eleventh century that the construction of the Romanesque church was undertaken, making it a stage of the pilgrimage of Santiago de Compostela, then in its infancy. From this first collegiate church, there remain the remains of the crypt and the bell tower-porch. It was rebuilt from the end of the 12th century and chapels were added between the 14th and 16th centuries. The basilica has many sculpted works, Meroving