Guided tour of the church-abbey

Name: Visita guiada de la iglesia abacial
Start: 2022-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T15:15:00+02:00
Location: Église-Abbatiale Saint-Pierre

The largest Romanesque church in Touraine, listed as a Historic Monument in 1840 by Prosper Mérimée.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

SAP (Fabrice DOUCET)

You can bring binoculars to admire the capitals of the abbey.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Église-Abbatiale Saint-Pierre

Place de l'Abbaye 37290 Preuilly-sur-Claise

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

The Monastery was founded in 1001 by Baron de Preuilly Effroy and his wife Beatrix d'Issoudun. The current Saint-Pierre abbey was built in the 1140s on a vast Benedictine plan: nave, aisles, transept, chevet surrounded by its ambulatory with radiant chapels. The bold party of an architecture called "in the market" gives a very airy and luminous internal volume. The monument is also remarkable for the richness and profusion of the capitals, many of which are authentic and of great finesse. Also noteworthy are the elegant transept stands. The important restoration campaign of the nineteenth century marked the monument without altering its overall beauty, it is particularly visible on the bedside and with the tower of the bell tower, rebuilt following its collapse in 1867, and surmounted by an incongruous arrow covered with glazed tiles. Conventual buildings remain, in particular, two arcades supported by a double colonnade, the remains of the 12th century cloister and the chapter hall co