Macqueville – Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne is the parish church of Macqueville, a village of a population of about 300. The western front looks very unspectacular, compared to most Romanesque churches of the Saintonge, but there are many corbels along the nave and a very elaborate side portal.

The dromedary runs up the archivolt.

Many veterans of the crusades will have known dromedaries and camels.