Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Mageran

The Sire d'Escolles founded a small Cluniac priory here around 1095. The church was built 11th/12th century by the local hermit Mageran, son of the founder, who now is known under the name of Saint-Mazeran and to whom the church is devoted. Already 1152 the church served the parish. The basilica-style-church has five bays and three apses. Though rebuilt a couple of times over the centuries some nice carvings survived. This is the most interesting one. There are three heads with melancholic faces. The heads seem to just have grown out of the pillar. They are like buds - and probably in a couple of days, these buds will be in full bloom.

The Sire d'Escolles founded a small Cluniac priory here around 1095. The church was built 11th/12th century by the local hermit Mageran, son of the founder, who now is known under the name of Saint-Mazeran and to whom the church is devoted. Already 1152 the church served the parish. The basilica-style-church has five bays - and seen here - three apses. The top levels bell-tower and the western facade were built within the 19th, when the structure got renovated. During this work frescoes were found from 1530/1540 in the choir, depicting St. Mazarin, working on a blueprint of the building. As the small priory belonged to the "cluniac network", it is listed on the website of the "Fédération Européenne des Sites Clunisiens". www.sitesclunisiens.org/article.php?sid=284&newlang=f...