Colombiers - Saint-Maclou

Colombiers is a small village (pop. 300) in the former marshes of the Seugne river. Life must be hard here in medieval times. Saint-Maclou, the village´s parish church, was erected in the 12th century. It was the church of a priory, dependent from the Benedictian Abbaye Saint-Sauveur in Charroux. The church got altered and modified during the Gothic period (15th.), when it lost its once Romanesque portal.

Single nave churches, like Saint-Maclou, are typical for the villages of the Saintonge. They may not look spectacular on the first sight.
But here in Colombiers are some extraordenary carvings. Different masters or workshops have been here during the 12th century.

The style of this capital, near the main entrance seems a little rough. A poor soul is torn into pieces by two evil creatures, For a while, I had the impression, that he could be a "Master of Beasts", but I can see, that the claws of the beasts already ripped the skin of his arms.