Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: église Saint-Léger

The construction of the church Saint-Léger (= Leodegar, Ludger) in Guebwiller started in 1182 and took about 100 years. The church was built from local red sandstone in a style between late romanesque and early gothic. The most interesting point I found is, that the architects of this church obviously spent a lot of time in Rosheim, about 70kms north. They studied the church Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, that is only about 30 years older. The triangel on the roof between nave and transept gives room for a remarkable large sculpture in Rosheim. This idea was copied here, as it even seems to be the same old man, holding his long beard. A medieval "copy and paste". Actually the copy is a bit clumsy, compared to the original. Here is the original www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/5387259540/

The construction of the church Saint-Léger (= Leodegar, Ludger) in Guebwiller started in 1182 and took about 100 years. The church was built from local red sandstone in a style between late romanesque and early gothic. The most interesting point I found is, that the architects of this church obviously spent a lot of time in Rosheim, studying the church Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, that is only about 30 years older. The structure is huge and the crossing tower is impressive. The choir, seen here, was added around 1350 and is gothic. Please note the otherwise unspectacular triangel, that I marked. What was an architectural "invention" in Molsheim - here simply got copied.

The construction of the church Saint-Léger (= Leodegar, Ludger) in Guebwiller started in 1182 and took about 100 years. The building, built from red local sandstone, is pretty huge and the style is somehwere between late romanesque and early gothic. The most interesting point I found is, that the architects of this church obviously spent a lot of time in Rosheim, studying the church Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, that is only about 30 years older. There are details in Rosheim, copied here. The towers of Saint-Léger are so high, I could not find a good point of view, to take a photo, so - sorry for that white van, that is parked in front. I waited for nearly an hour, but the driver was on holidays maybe, as the van was still standing there a day later....