Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: cementary

The church belonged to a former monastery that was founded at the end of the 9th century. In the 12th century, the monastery adopted the Rule of St Benedict and gained considerable importance in the region. Throughout the late Middle Ages, the monastery enjoyed important royal privileges. Alfonso IX, Fernando III and Alfonso X were some of the monarchs who granted donations, decrees and privileges to the monastery, but this could not prevent it from experiencing economic difficulties from the end of the 14th century. In 1496, Pope Alexander VI placed it under the Benedictine Congregation of Valladolid. Today, only the church can be visited, as the rest of the monastery is privately owned.

San Vicente is the parish of the municipality of Rodeiro. The first documentary mention of Rodeiro dates back to 1368, the church may .be a century older. The floor plan consists of a single rectangular nave and an apse connected by a triumphal arch. The walls are made of granite blocks laid in stone in regular rows. The upper part of the west façade was altered in modern times when the bell tower was rebuilt and replaced by a baroque tower.

San Vicente is the parish of the municipality of Rodeiro. The first documentary mention of Rodeiro dates back to 1368, the church may .be a century older. The floor plan consists of a single rectangular nave and an apse connected by a triumphal arch. The walls are made of granite blocks laid in stone in regular rows. The upper part of the west façade was altered in modern times when the bell tower was rebuilt and replaced by a baroque tower. There are some interesting corbels under the roof. A musician playing a dolium

Saint-Blaise was burnt down by mercenaries in 1376, but got rebuilt in the 15th century. As the times were very rough the cementary then got fortified. Once a ditch run around the enclosing wall, that was then upto 5 metres high . In the mid 19th century the wall got lowered to 2,70 metres for security reasons.

The Eglise Sainte-Croix was erected outside the walls of La Baume-de-Transit as a funeral chapel. The cementary around the church still exists, but the church underwent a modification later. When it was built in the 12th century this was a "round" church with four apses dedicated to the "Saint Sépulchre". I have seen similar "tetraconch" churches in Galliano (Lombardy) and Montmajour (Bouches-du-Rhône). Here only three of the apses "survived", as in 1668 the northern apse was knocked down and got replaced by a nave. Two of the three remaining apses can be seen here.

The Eglise Sainte-Croix was erected outside the walls of La Baume-de-Transit as a funeral chapel. The cementary around the church still exists, but the church underwent a modification later. When it was built in the 12th century this was a "round" church with four apses dedicated to the "Saint Sépulchre". I have seen similar "tetraconch" churches in Galliano (Lombardy) and Montmajour (Bouches-du-Rhône). Here only three of the apses "survived", as in 1668 the northern apse was knocked down and got replaced by a nave. The traces of the apse can be seen (from the gallery) on the floor of the nave.

The Eglise Sainte-Croix was erected outside the walls of La Baume-de-Transit as a funeral chapel. The cementary around the church still exists, but the church underwent a modification later. When it was built in the 12th century this was a "round" church with four apses dedicated to the "Saint Sépulchre". I have seen similar "tetraconch" churches in Galliano (Lombardy) and Montmajour (Bouches-du-Rhône). Here only three of the apses "survived", as in 1668 the northern apse was knocked down and got replaced by a nave. A clocher with three bells was added as well - and from then on the church was dedicated to Sainte-Croix. The little sacristy, seen here, was probably "glued" onto the structure within the 19th century.

The Eglise Sainte-Croix was erected outside the walls of La Baume-de-Transit as a funeral chapel. The cementary around the church still exists, but the church underwent a modification later. When it was built in the 12th century this was a "round" church with four apses dedicated to the "Saint Sépulchre". I have seen similar "tetraconch" churches in Galliano (Lombardy) and Montmajour (Bouches-du-Rhône). Here only three of the apses "survived", as in 1668 the northern apse was knocked down and got replaced by a nave. A clocher with three bells was added as well - and from then on the hurch was dedicated to Sainte-Croix.