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 frieze, that runs all around the apse, has a very dense jungle of entwined vines, full of dangers and adventures. Humans are wrestling between the vines. Grabbing the opponent´s genitals is neither covered by the rules of freestyle-wrestling, nor Graeco-Roman style.