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Aulnay - Saint-Pierre
"Saint-Pierre d'Aulnay" is a church outside of Aulnay, in the center of an old graveyard. The setting has not changed for centuries. For the pilgrims of the 12th century this church was a major halt - and it still is for all the tourists...
A predecessing church „Saint-Pierre-de-la-Tour“ had been here, that, when the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella got more and more popular, was obviously to small, as Aulnay was conveniently situated between Poitiers and Saintes on the Via Turonensis. A new, larger church was needed, so the place was handed over to the chapter of the cathedral in Poitiers. The canons then probably planned this church, that was erected from about 1130/1140 on.
"Saint-Pierre d'Aulnay" is a gem of the "style saintongeais". For Peter Strafford ("Romanesque Churches Of France") this is "one of the best examples of late Romanesque architecture in what used to be Aquitaine".
Having walked around the apse, - there is the "South Porch", for what Aulnay is famous for. It is not only breathtaking, like many carvings within the Saintonge, the "South Porch" is mindblowing. Nothing less than that, there are unbelievable details. Four large, semicircular archivolts, populated by more than 140 different characters. There are 31 "Elders of the Apocalypse", and below them 24 male saints.
Here is artsymbol´s fantastic video:
artsymbol.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/video-aulnay-de-sainto...
A predecessing church „Saint-Pierre-de-la-Tour“ had been here, that, when the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella got more and more popular, was obviously to small, as Aulnay was conveniently situated between Poitiers and Saintes on the Via Turonensis. A new, larger church was needed, so the place was handed over to the chapter of the cathedral in Poitiers. The canons then probably planned this church, that was erected from about 1130/1140 on.
"Saint-Pierre d'Aulnay" is a gem of the "style saintongeais". For Peter Strafford ("Romanesque Churches Of France") this is "one of the best examples of late Romanesque architecture in what used to be Aquitaine".
Having walked around the apse, - there is the "South Porch", for what Aulnay is famous for. It is not only breathtaking, like many carvings within the Saintonge, the "South Porch" is mindblowing. Nothing less than that, there are unbelievable details. Four large, semicircular archivolts, populated by more than 140 different characters. There are 31 "Elders of the Apocalypse", and below them 24 male saints.
Here is artsymbol´s fantastic video:
artsymbol.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/video-aulnay-de-sainto...
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