Free visit of the church

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

Come and discover this Romanesque church of the 11th-12th century: its architecture, its portal, its sculpted capitals, and especially the frescoes of the choir with Christ in majesty and the cycle of

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry, information displayed in French

Mairie de Tavant

The church of Saint-Nicolas de Tavant is a Romanesque building built between the 11th and 12th centuries, best known for the exceptional frescoes of its crypt. This one can be visited (paid visit) only accompanied by a guide, with conservation constraints (see the event Guided tour of the crypt).
The rest of the church is also interesting, notably its portal of Poitevin type, its architecture marked by several subsequent modifications (including a raised choir) and especially the frescoes of the choir, dated to the same period although more classical by their subject and technique.

About the location

Église Saint-Nicolas

Rue Saint-Nicolas 37220 Tavant

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

The church St Nicholas' Day, listed(classified) in 1908 in conformance with(for) Historic monuments, possesses set(group) of frescoes in the chorus(choir), rediscovered under a coating of plaster in 1945-1946 and restored in 1994\. In central position a Christ in glory accompanied with angels' stream sits enthroned, then on the vault is visible a part(party) of the cycle of the childhood of the Christ. It is especially famous all over the world, for its crypt, rediscovered by 1862, she made the object of several restorations(caterings), which the last campaign(countryside) dates of 2012\. The crypt would be posterior in the building and date the beginning of the XIIth century. 27 Romance frescoes of the crypt make particularly the fame of Tavant, for the animation of lines(features), fruit of a big(great) speed of execution. A big(great) intensity gets free of characters, where movements are marked with lightness(thoughtlessness) and with spontaneity, that it is in postures or in folds of clothes.