Guided tour of the oldest Romanesque church in Alsace

Name: Guided tour of the oldest Romanesque church in Alsace
Start: 2022-09-18T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Abbatiale Saint-Trophime

As part of this heritage weekend, the municipality invites you on Sunday for a guided tour of the abbey.

Sunday 18 September 2022, 14:30Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©Commune d'Eschau

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Abbatiale Saint-Trophime

Rue de la 1ère Division Blindée, 67114 Eschau

Bas-Rhin
Grand Est

The abbey church of Saint-Trophime d'Eschau is the only surviving building of an architectural complex that constituted the abbey of Saint-Sophie founded by a community of Benedictine nuns in 770\. The current church, built in 996 and remarkably preserved, is the oldest Romanesque church in Alsace. It bears witness, by its architecture, to the Ottonian renaissance of Carolingian inspiration. The memory of the Benedictine nuns who occupied the place for more than seven centuries was revived by the creation of a «monastic garden» in the enclosure of the presbytery, in front of the church.