Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Pérignac

Saint-Pierre of today is a fortified church dating back to the 12th century. It replaced a small chapel, that existed here since 989. The Romanesque facade got remodeled a couple of times over the centuries, but there are still many great carvings and sculptures. Along the nave are some capitals, created in the typical style saintongeais.

Saint-Pierre of today is a fortified church dating back to the 12th century. It replaced a small chapel, that existed here since 989. The Romanesque facade got remodeled a couple of times over the centuries, but there are still many great carvings and sculptures. Along the nave are some capitals, created in the typical style saintongeais. Here snakes whisper sinful tales into the men's ears, who hold them.

Saint-Pierre of today is a fortified church dating back to the 12th century. It replaced a small chapel, that existed here since 989. The Romanesque facade got remodeled a couple of times over the centuries, but there are still many great carvings and sculptures. Along the nave, here seen from the gallery, are some capitals, created in the typical style saintongeais.

Saint-Pierre of today is a fortified church dating back to the 12th century. It replaced a small chapel, that existed here since 989. The Romanesque facade got remodeled a couple of times over the centuries, but there are still many great carvings and sculptures. One of the corbels has this nice love couple.

Saint-Pierre of today is a fortified church dating back to the 12th century. It replaced a small chapel, that existed here since 989. The Romanesque facade got remodeled a couple of times over the centuries, but there are still many great carvings and sculptures. The two tiers have virtues and vices (most are lost) and below are the twelve apostles with Mary in the center. Here all statues have lost their heads. I found the info, that the decapitation took place 1848, more than half a century after the Revolution. Strange! Here is one the head of a virtue, one of the very few, that survived the furor.

Saint-Pierre of today is a fortified church dating back to the 12th century. It replaced a small chapel, that existed here since 989. The Romanesque facade got remodeled a couple of times over the centuries, but there are still many great carvings and sculptures. Seen in the "Ascension of Jesus". Jesus is in the mandorla, below his feet is an archivolt (heads of horses, very similar to the archivolt of Saint-Fortunat in Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde).

Saint-Pierre of today is a fortified church dating back to the 12th century. It replaced a small chapel, that existed here since 989. The Romanesque facade got remodeled a couple of times over the centuries, but there are still many great carvings and sculptures. Seen in the "Ascension of Jesus". Jesus is in the mandorla, below his feet is an archivolt (heads of horses, similar to the archivolt of Saint-Fortunat in Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde). The next tier has the virtues and vices (most are lost) and below are the twelve apostles with Mary in the center. Here all statues have lost their heads.

Saint-Pierre of today is a fortified church dating back to the 12th century. It replaced a small chapel, that existed here since 989. The Romanesque facade got remodeled a couple of times over the centuries, it was larger in the 12th century.