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Doorway on trekking path.
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il portale di Notre Dame du Château d'Ultrère
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Argenton-Château - Saint-Gilles
Argenton-Château - Saint-Gilles
Argenton-Château - Saint-Gilles
Argenton-Château - Saint-Gilles
Argenton-Château - Saint-Gilles
Argenton-Château - Saint-Gilles
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Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
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Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
Soto de Bureba - San Andrés
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Varaize - Saint-Germain
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Argenton-Château - Saint-Gilles
Since 2006 Argenton-Château and two other villages form the new commune Argenton-les-Vallées.
The rocky outcrop, overlooking the valley, was a strongly fortified place in medieval times. The chateau was home of a powerful family. In 1069 the Lord of Argenton Geoffroy de Blois hands over the church of Saint-Gilles to the Benedictine monks of the Bourgueil Abbey, who since then had a priory here. This was a kind of family business, as the abbey was founded 990 by Emma de Blois, Duchess of Aquitaine.
The church mentioned was a predecessor of the church seen here. From 1100 on the priory belonged to the abbey of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes. A new church was erected in the 12 century, replacing the older one. The facade, seen here, dates back to that church, while the most parts of the church result from a reconstruction of the 15th century.
Details from the fifth archivolt, that has the signs of the zodiac and the labors of the months. Unfortunately the vandals of the Revolution caused a great damage here, but the inscriptions are still readable.
(...PISCES MA)RCIUS ARIES APRILI(S TAURUS...)
The rocky outcrop, overlooking the valley, was a strongly fortified place in medieval times. The chateau was home of a powerful family. In 1069 the Lord of Argenton Geoffroy de Blois hands over the church of Saint-Gilles to the Benedictine monks of the Bourgueil Abbey, who since then had a priory here. This was a kind of family business, as the abbey was founded 990 by Emma de Blois, Duchess of Aquitaine.
The church mentioned was a predecessor of the church seen here. From 1100 on the priory belonged to the abbey of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes. A new church was erected in the 12 century, replacing the older one. The facade, seen here, dates back to that church, while the most parts of the church result from a reconstruction of the 15th century.
Details from the fifth archivolt, that has the signs of the zodiac and the labors of the months. Unfortunately the vandals of the Revolution caused a great damage here, but the inscriptions are still readable.
(...PISCES MA)RCIUS ARIES APRILI(S TAURUS...)
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