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Isle-Aumont - Saint-Pierre

Isle-Aumont - Saint-Pierre
This church, dedicated to Saint Peter, is better kown under the name "L'église aux trois sanctuaires". It was erected on the "Butte d'Isle-Aumont" a hill that in acient time may have been a fortified island in the swampy valley. A settlement already existed here in pre-Roman times. Within the 6th century a merovingian necropolis covered the hill. More than a thousand graves have been found and about 600 merovingian sarcophagi have been excavated some decades ago.

In 1097 Robert of Molesme founded the priory of Saint-Ursion, a castle was built next to it. Both structures are gone.

The church was locked, but Mrs. Jacotin opened the gates and doors and guided us around. Merci beaucoup!

There are some Romanesque carvings here, that seem older than the 12th-century-nave. A pair of evil dragons trying to mislead a poor soul.

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 Martin M. Miles
Martin M. Miles club
They persuade the poor soul to live a sinful life.

Here is the same species in Italy

www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/20877377/in/album/795810
9 years ago.

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