Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
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Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
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Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Saint-Pierre was the church of one of the largest Augustinian abbeys in the Poitou, that was founded in 991 by Audéarde, the wife of viscount Herbert I of Thouars. The monastery was on one of the "chemins" of the Via Turonensis, so when the number of pilgrims increased, the Canons Regular of St. Augustine had this large church erected in two construction phases from the 12th century on. This church is very long and has a wide ambulatory. It could surely host large groups of pilgrims.
When the era of the pilgrimage ended, the abbey declined and impoverished during the Hundred Years' War. Most conventual buildings were destroyed in the Wars of Religion. The abbey church now serves the parish.
Saint-Pierre has an extraordinary density of medieval carvings. Most of these works are well preserved. Two corbel figures flank the pillar. For a while I saw the left one as a child, but I doubt that now. The person is just pretty small. Does the right person wear an apron? Knights are fighting on the capital above them
When the era of the pilgrimage ended, the abbey declined and impoverished during the Hundred Years' War. Most conventual buildings were destroyed in the Wars of Religion. The abbey church now serves the parish.
Saint-Pierre has an extraordinary density of medieval carvings. Most of these works are well preserved. Two corbel figures flank the pillar. For a while I saw the left one as a child, but I doubt that now. The person is just pretty small. Does the right person wear an apron? Knights are fighting on the capital above them
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