Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: mozarabe

The monastery in Ganagobie, on a plateau over the river Durance, was founded within the 10th century. It prospered, but got devasted during the Wars of Religion. After the French Revolution it was sold - and the monastry was partly demolished. The church, seen here, was constructed within the 12th century. The portal is unique and remembers to Moorish architecture. The carving of the tympanum shows Christ, surrounded by the symbols of the four evangelists. There is a theory, saying this part may come from Burgundy (Ganagobie was clunian). On the lintel below are the twelve apostles. Here is more information: www.ndganagobie.com/index.htm

The monastery in Ganagobie, on a plateau over the river Durance, was founded within the 10th century. It prospered, but got devasted during the Wars of Religion. After the French Revolution it was sold - and the monastry was partly demolished. The church, seen here, was constructed within the 12th century. The foundations of two older churches have been excavated. The portal is unique and remembers to Moorish architecture. The carving of the tympanum shows Christ, surrounded by the symbols of the four evangelists. On the lintel below are the twelve apostles. Here is more information: www.ndganagobie.com/index.htm

Today Montréal is a small village (pop. 200), but here was already a fortified settlement, when the Normans raided the area and pillaged the place in 888. From the 11th century on here was a castle. Anseric I, Seigneur de Montréal, obviously listened to Bernard de Clairvaux, who preached the Second Crusade at near Vezelay in 1146. Returning home from the crusade Anseric I founded a collegiate and commissioned the erection of the collegiate church, seen here. The church was completed around 1170 by Anseric II. The convent existed upto the French Revolution. During the Revolution, the tympanum got destroyed and when for a year, the church served as a "Temple de la Raison". The according inscription is fading over the doors, where once the tympanum was. Today church serves the parish. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was impressed by the church, built during the transition from Romanesque to Gothic style, and cared for the restauration in the first half of the 19th century. He restored the nice portal. The polylobe arches seem influenced by Moorish architecture, a style, that was more common in Southern France. I learned, that the rose window, seen here, is one of the oldest of its kind in the whole of France.