Fontaines-d'Ozillac - Saint-Martin

A small, Romanesque church, erected in the 12th century, got too small during the time of the Renaissance. It had a wonderful carved facade - and got saved! A second nave was built beside it - and the new facade was constructed "around" the old one, so both styles now are under joined one gable. The church got renovated in the 1990s.

Following the "style saintonge", there are three arches on the ground and second tier of five arches. Above these are eleven carved corbels (some of them seem new), supporting a small roof. One of these corbels has this touching scene. A husband returns home and is welcomed by his wife. He must have been away for a long time, as he had made an oath, not to cut the hair, before he would hold her in his arms.