Guided tour of the 11th century church. and photo exhibition of the modillons and the church. Saturday 16:30; Sunday 10:30, 14:00 and 16:30.
Acquired at the end of the 11th century by the monks of the Abbey-aux-Hommes, the church of Saint-Sulpice de Secqueville en Bessin presents a set of great purity of style and remarkable proportions. It was burned in 1105 in an episode of the wars of succession of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy and King of England. But the nave of the eleventh century. could be preserved while the transept and the high lantern-tower date from the beginning of the twelfth century. The spire that covers it was added only in the thirteenth century. The choir is a pastiche of Romanesque art that dates in fact from the classical era (17th century).
For the most part, the monumental character of the church and the austerity of its decoration testify to the intervention of the experienced masters of works of Saint-Etienne-de-caen. In this way, however, we note the presence in the nave of a continuous bandeau decoration of motifs in low relief above the arcades. Outside, you will notice these same decors as well as the modillons. Secqueville would testify to one of the first apparitions of this decoration, perhaps of Anglo-Saxon origin (late 11th century), in the nave of the cathedral of Bayeux (mid 12th century).
This building has been listed as a historical monument since 1840.