Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Pont du Vernay
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes - Abbey Church
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
Airvault - Saint-Pierre
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Airvault - Saint-Pierre


Saint-Pierre was the church of one of the largest Augustinian abbeys in the Poitou, that was founded in 991 by Audéarde, the wife of viscount Herbert I of Thouars. The monastery was on one of the "chemins" of the Via Turonensis, so when the number of pilgrims increased, the Canons Regular of St. Augustine had this large church erected in two construction phases from the 12th century on. This church is very long and has a wide ambulatory. It could surely host large groups of pilgrims.
When the era of the pilgrimage ended, the abbey declined and impoverished during the Hundred Years' War. Most conventual buildings were destroyed in the Wars of Religion. The abbey church now serves the parish.
Saint-Pierre has an extraordinary density of medieval carvings. Most of these works are well preserved.
Different workshops have worked here. The capitals around the ambulatory and the choir are carved by very experienced carvers, so their works are very sophisticated and elegant. Some of the capitals at the aisles are from that workshop too. Here are entangled vines - and very individual human heads like buds.
When the era of the pilgrimage ended, the abbey declined and impoverished during the Hundred Years' War. Most conventual buildings were destroyed in the Wars of Religion. The abbey church now serves the parish.
Saint-Pierre has an extraordinary density of medieval carvings. Most of these works are well preserved.
Different workshops have worked here. The capitals around the ambulatory and the choir are carved by very experienced carvers, so their works are very sophisticated and elegant. Some of the capitals at the aisles are from that workshop too. Here are entangled vines - and very individual human heads like buds.
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