Visit of a 12th century church

Name: Visit of a 12th century church
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Notre-Dame de Gardes-le-Pontaroux

Discover the church of Gardes-le-Pontaroux and come and observe its particular architecture.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©Marie Christine Couhier-Champion

Discover the church of Gardes-le-Pontaroux and come and observe its particular architecture.

And on the weekend program... Free visit of the church and the picturesque village of Gardes, exhibition of paintings (countryside landscapes, still life), circuits of discovery walks, tea room, sale of photos and local narurel products (honeys, lavender, postcards, etc...), carriage ride...

About the location

Église Notre-Dame de Gardes-le-Pontaroux

4 rue Notre-Dame, 16320 Gardes-le-Pontaroux

Charente
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Priory-cure of the former diocese of Périgueux. The church consists of a Romanesque nave that was rebuilt in the 15th century at the same time as a south-facing aisle was built, a narrower, Romanesque faux-square, also like the semi-circular apse enclosed in a bedside with three sides. The nave once had four bays, vaulted by a cradle whose box springs can still be seen on the north wall which is pierced by two windows. In the fifteenth century, half columns were applied against this wall that receive in penetration the doublets and the ogives of the vaults of the three bays that were being developed; To the south, they are carried by columns that replace the wall and form three arcades making the nave communicate with the aisle finished by a right wall. Above the false square is mounted a barlong dome on trunks, which rests on large arches, semi-circular, double-roller, carried by pilasters to ressauts. The apse, in a cul-de-four, is lit by three narrow windows. The façade of the nave