Fontaines-d'Ozillac - Saint-Martin

A small, Romanesque church, erected in the 12th century, got too small during the time of the Renaissance. It had a wonderful carved facade - and got saved! A second nave was built beside it - and the new facade was constructed "around" the old one, so both styles now are under joined one gable. The church got renovated in the 1990s.

Following the "style saintonge", there is no tympanum, but lavishly carved archivolts over the doors and capitals on the pillars, flanking the three arches. Some damage can be seen in this low zone. This was a "Christ in Majesty" seated in a mandorla, supported by two angels by the sides. Maybe some revolutionists vandalized it with hammers.