Free visit of the Romanesque church of Laroche-Saint-Cydroine

Name: Free visit of the Romanesque church of Laroche-Saint-Cydroine
Start: 2022-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Église romane de Laroche-Saint-Cydroine

This Romanesque church, listed as a Historic Monument, has three apses, a transept and a nave.

16 - 18 September 2022Passed

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The Saint-Cydroine church is a Romanesque church dating from the 11th and 12th centuries among the oldest in the department of Yonne, located in the commune of Laroche-Saint-Cydroine in France. It was originally an abbey church of a Benedictine priory dependent on the abbey of La Charité-sur-Loire. It is dedicated to Saint-Cydroine, a Roman Christian martyr of the 4th century beheaded by the Romans at the site of the building. Its two-storey octagonal bell tower, its sculptural decoration of its capitals make it one of the masterpieces of Romanesque art from Icalia. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1905.
Its originality is that above the transept, an octagonal tower is erected. The capitals of the transept offer a surprising animal and plant decoration that is particularly well preserved.

About the location

Église romane de Laroche-Saint-Cydroine

rue du Paradis 89400 Laroche-Saint-Cydroine

Yonne
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The church of Saint-Cydroine is a Romanesque church dating from the 11th and 12th century among the oldest in the department of Yonne, located in the commune of Laroche-Saint-Cydroine in France. It was originally an abbey church of a Benedictine priory dependent on the abbey of La Charité-sur-Loire. It is dedicated to Saint Cydroin, a 4th century Roman Christian martyr decapitated by the Romans on the site of the building. Its octagonal bell tower with two floors, its sculptural decoration of its capitals make it one of the masterpieces of Icaunais Romanesque art. It has been listed as a historic monument since 1905.