Visit of the 12th century church of Engayrac

Name: Visit of the 12th century church of Engayrac
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens

Discover this Romanesque church of the twelfth century, classified as a historical monument in particular for its apse in interlocking stones, its vaulted choir and its historical châpiteaux.

Saturday 16 September 2023, 14:00Passed

Conditions

Free of charge. Free admission.

Registration

©commune d'Engayrac

Discover this Romanesque church of the twelfth century, classified as Historical Monuments in particular for its interlocking stone apse, vaulted choir and historical shawls.

About the location

Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens

Bourg, 47470 Engayrac

Lot-et-Garonne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Romanesque church of the 12th century. The primitive construction seems to go back to the 11th century. From this period, there remains the choir covered with a dome on pendants and the apse in cul-de-four. The committed columns of the choir are surmounted by historiated and sculpted capitals. This entire part of the building was decorated in the 18th century with Romanesque trompe-l'oeil motifs, including a frieze around the apse in the height of the capitals, and the top of the double arches. Three figures painted in the same spirit represent Moses, Saint Paul and Saint John. The lower nave dates from the beginning of the Renaissance. The bedside bay is surmounted by a star vault with multiple 16th-century ridges. The vaults, including the barrel vault of the nave, were filled with red-painted brick. In front of the church, a 19th century neo-Gothic bell tower surmounts a small porch. On the outside, the apse has a mitre-shaped cover whose primitive layout is intact. This cover is ba