Eglise Saint-Géraud
1 rue de la République 47500 Monsempron-Libos
- Lot-et-Garonne
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
The church was probably erected in the second half of the twelfth century, but it subsequently underwent several modifications. One of them was the reconstruction of the choir in the 14th century.
The building consists of a main nave with two aisles, a little developed transept and a choir with cut sides flanked by two apsidioles. Under the transept and the sanctuary is a crypt. The large arcades that open on the aisles rest on columns with sculpted capitals (animals with human heads, sirens, birds...). The square of the transept is delimited by four cruciform pillars flanked by columns engaged to capitals also sculpted (birds leaning against, fantastic animals...). This bay is vaulted by a dome on pendants, whose base is slightly oval. The Romanesque apse was replaced in the 16th century by a larger choir. The crypt, following the elevation of the square of the transept and the sanctuary, is not underground.
Above the attic is a fortified room whose round loopholes were appropriate fo
©Laurent54 - Sous licence Creative Commons
