Jonzac - Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais

The church was erected end of the 12th century. It still has an impressive Romanesque facade from that time. It got enlarged and modified within the 15th/16th century. Severely damaged during the Wars of Religions (all vaults crashed down), the church got reconstructed during the 19th century. At that time the tower was added to the western side

There must have been church here in early times already as recent excavation proved, that "Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais" is built in the center of a merovingian graveyard. The old graves in front of the church are marked now with brown metalplates.