Murals of the church of Saint-Orien

Name: Murals of the church of Saint-Orien
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Orien

Come and admire the wall paintings of this 12th century church including: "the Macabre Dance", the "Dit des Trois Morts et des Trois Vifs ", "Dit des femmes bavardes" or "the legend of the Dead King"

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

©Guy Nicolas

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Visite libre

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About the location

Église Saint-Orien

Place Jean-Moulin 28120 Meslay-le-Grenet

Eure-et-Loir
Centre-Val de Loire

Church of the XIIth century which shelters several paintings(paints): "Dance of death ", "Said of Three Deaths and Three Vivoses", "Thought the women chatterboxes", "The Legend of the king Mort", and stages(scenes) of Passion. The "Dance of death " is a stream of characters representing the diverse social states, each accompanied with its death. It is the equality of all in front of the death, rich or poor, powerful or unassuming. 20 "couples" according to a pecking order, alternately religious and civil or military of the most influential in the most unassuming. Other paintings(paints): "Said of three deaths and three vivoses", "said of talkative women in mass", Passion.