Discover a Romanesque-style church in Cartelègue

Name: Descubre una iglesia de estilo románico saintongeais en Cartelègue
Start: 2022-09-18T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Romain

The Association for the Restoration and Safeguarding of the Cartelègue Church is at your disposal to make you discover or rediscover, the Cartelègue Church, in all its colors.

Domingo 18 septiembre 2022, 10:00, 14:00Passed

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About the location

Église Saint-Romain

4 impasse Saint-Romain, 33390 Cartelègue

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Cartelègue Saint-Romain church is in the Roman Saintongeais style. The initial plan consists of a single nave finished by a flat bedside, a square bell tower, and a side aisle to the north. In the Classical Middle Ages, it was one of the few priories of Cluny in Aquitaine that was subsequently attached to the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Sauveur in Blaye.
The base of the present church is Romanesque (12th century). There remains only the western massif of Saintongeais Romanesque style with the portal framed by two blind arcatures, a cornice and some carved modillions. The church also includes a contemporary composition of Santiago de Compostela made in 1997\. Indeed, Cartelègue, which is located on the «main road», is reported to the pilgrims by an act of October 16, 1759, which alluded to a hospital (place called the hospital). Excavations in 1987 and 1996 revealed burials from the 12th to 14th centuries, including those of pilgrims from Santiago de Compostela.