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Marignac - Saint-Sulpice

Marignac - Saint-Sulpice
The parish church Saint-Sulpice in the village of Marignac was erected within the 12th century as part of a priory, founded here by the Charroux Abbey (120kms southeast). The church has a remarkable cloverleaf layout. The eastern part with the side chapels and the apse and the western portal are still dating back to the first church here, while the outer walls of the nave have been rebuilt, after destruction by war.

The Romanesque apse was probably painted within the late 19th/early 20th century with this lightblue. Note the Romanesque frieze, that runs all around, depicting a dense jungle of entwined vines, full of lurking dangers and strange adventures.

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