Cozes - Saint-Pierre

A large Romanesque church, belonging to the Augustinian Abbey of Saint-Étienne de Mortagne (15kms south), got erected in Coze within the 12t/13th century. The abbey went under, the church got altered and finally fell in disrepair. In 1756 the vaults of the nave collapsed and it took great efforts to rebuilt the church within the 19th century. The cementary that once surrounded the church is now a parking lot.