Guided tour of the church of Cartelègue

Name: Guided tour of the church of Cartelègue
Start: 2023-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Romain

The A.R.S.E.C. (Association of Restoration and Safeguard of the Cartelègue Church) exceptionally opens the doors of the church....

Sunday 17 September 2023, 10:00, 14:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Free admission. Guided tours by members of the association.

©A.R.S.E.C.

The A.R.S.E.C. (Association of Restoration and Safeguard of the Cartelègue Church) exceptionally opens the doors of the church.
Located on the way to Santiago de Compostela, the church is in the Romanesque style. The base of the present church is from the 12th century; only the western massif remains. From 1921 to 1923, the entire church was decorated with wall paintings with draped motifs, now restored.

About the location

Église Saint-Romain

4 impasse Saint-Romain, 33390 Cartelègue

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Cartelègue Saint-Romain church is in the Roman Saintongeais style. The initial plan consists of a single nave finished by a flat bedside, a square bell tower, and a side aisle to the north. In the Classical Middle Ages, it was one of the few priories of Cluny in Aquitaine that was subsequently attached to the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Sauveur in Blaye.
The base of the present church is Romanesque (12th century). There remains only the western massif of Saintongeais Romanesque style with the portal framed by two blind arcatures, a cornice and some carved modillions. The church also includes a contemporary composition of Santiago de Compostela made in 1997\. Indeed, Cartelègue, which is located on the «main road», is reported to the pilgrims by an act of October 16, 1759, which alluded to a hospital (place called the hospital). Excavations in 1987 and 1996 revealed burials from the 12th to 14th centuries, including those of pilgrims from Santiago de Compostela.