Jarnac-Champagne - Eglise de la Transfiguration

This church once belonged to a convent dependent on the abbey in Charroux (350kms east), later on the nearby abbey in Saint Jean d'Angely.

It was erected within the 12th century, but tower, southern walls and parts of the nave got destroyed during the medieval wars. It got rebuilt and reconstructed different times. The state the building is in now, dates to the mid of the 19th century.

The outer walls of the apse are covered with Romanesque carvings.

12 men on their knees, holding a bowl. Monks? Pilgrims? The archivolt above them has more, smaller ones.