logologo
HelpLoading...
Sábado 17 septiembre 2022, 14:00Passed
Setembre 2022
Dissabte 17
14:00 - 18:00
0 to 99 years old

Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens

Bourg, 47470 Engayrac
  • Lot-et-Garonne
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Visit of the church of Saint-Pierre aux Liens

Romanesque church of the twelfth century.
Sábado 17 septiembre 2022, 14:00Passed
©mairie Engayrac
Types d'événement
Visite libre
Thème 2022
No selection
I agree that the image may be freely used, provided that it is attributed to the author by name and shared under the same conditions.
Conditions de participation
Gratuit

About the location

Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens
Bourg, 47470 Engayrac
  • Lot-et-Garonne
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Romanesque church of the 12th century. The primitive construction seems to go back to the 11th century. From this period, there remains the choir covered with a dome on pendants and the apse in cul-de-four. The committed columns of the choir are surmounted by historiated and sculpted capitals. This entire part of the building was decorated in the 18th century with Romanesque trompe-l'oeil motifs, including a frieze around the apse in the height of the capitals, and the top of the double arches. Three figures painted in the same spirit represent Moses, Saint Paul and Saint John. The lower nave dates from the beginning of the Renaissance. The bedside bay is surmounted by a star vault with multiple 16th-century ridges. The vaults, including the barrel vault of the nave, were filled with red-painted brick. In front of the church, a 19th century neo-Gothic bell tower surmounts a small porch. On the outside, the apse has a mitre-shaped cover whose primitive layout is intact. This cover is ba
Tags
Musée, salle d'exposition, Édifice religieux i Monument historique
Acceso
Free parking.
©Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens