2024
SAINT VINCENT ABBEY
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Abbey with a church of Romanesque Auvergne style sheltering several relics, ...Read more
2024
ST. VINCENT'S CHURCH
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Read moreFrom the first church, it remains the nave of three spans, curved in broken cradle, covered at the origin of a single roof. The doubleaux arches which reinforce it fall into committed columns whose capitals are decorated with magnificent acanthes sheets surmounted by a medallion framed by small animals or surmounted by geometric and symmetrical web. At the intersection of the transept is a dome resting on small tubes. The choir contains a short straight span that opens onto the apse in the chamber. The Roman tradition tile cover contrasts with small tiles used for other parts of the building.