Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Noailhac

"Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens" ("Saint Peter in Chains") is the parish church of Noailhac. The erection of the church started in the 12th century and was probably completed soon after. The church got partly destroyed during the Hundred Years War, so the nave was rebuilt later in a simple Gothic style, that again suffered damage during the French Revolution. Large parts of choir of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens is still Romanesque - and there are some extraordinary capitals. After having found Japanese sumotori on a medieval capital in this small church (see previous upload) I had contemplated about seers, visionaries and wormholes. The same gifted mason created this capital, depicting two dogs. It obviously refers to a Joni Mitchell song from the 1980s or the US-Band "Dog Eat Dog", or..

"Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens" ("Saint Peter in Chains") is the parish church of Noailhac. The erection of the church started in the 12th century and was probably completed soon after. The church got partly destroyed during the Hundred Years War, so the nave was rebuilt later in a simple Gothic style, that again suffered damage during the French Revolution. Large parts of choir of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens is still Romanesque - and there are some extraordinary capitals. Here is one of them, depicting japanese Sumo wrestler. Sumo has it´s roots in Shinto ceremonies and is known in Japan since the 7th or 8th century. German doctor Engelbert Kaempfer, born 1651, was one of the first who was able to travel in Japan. He died in 1716 in Lemgo, where he was born. His manuscript "The History of Japan" was published in London in 1727. How could a mason within the 12th century in a rural area like the Corrèze have any knowledge about a Shinto ceremony, described in Europe centuries later? Did the Einstein–Rosen bridge offer this spectacular view?

"Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens" ("Saint Peter in Chains") is the parish church of Noailhac. The erection of the church started in the 12th century and was probably completed soon after. The church got partly destroyed during the Hundred Years War, so the nave was rebuilt later in a simple Gothic style, that again suffered damage during the French Revolution. Large parts of choir of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens is still Romanesque - and there are some extraordinary capitals. Here is one of them. A scene from Paradise. The snake has given Eve an apple. She hands over one fruit to Adam, - while God (nimbus) faces the onlookers on the other side of the capital. Above the Tree of Knowledge is a nosy sun.

"Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens" ("Saint Peter in Chains") is the parish church of Noailhac. The erection of the church started in the 12th century and was probably completed soon after. The church got partly destroyed during the Hundred Years War, so the nave was rebuilt later in a simple Gothic style. During the French Revolution the church suffered damage again. This Romanesque baptismal font survived the times. Generation of villagers were baptised here.

"Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens" ("Saint Peter in Chains") is the parish church of Noailhac. The erection of the church started in the 12th century and was probably completed soon after. The church got partly destroyed during the Hundred Years War, so the nave, seen here, was rebuilt later in a simple Gothic style. The choir in the east is still Romanesque, so are some of the capitals.

"Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens" ("Saint Peter in Chains") is the parish church of Noailhac. The erection of the church started in the 12th century and was probably completed soon after. The church got partly destroyed during the Hundred Years War, so the nave was rebuilt later in the Gothic style, reusing some of the capitals of the Romanesque structure. That was probably, when fortifications including the small turret were added. Severely damaged again during the French Revolution and poorly repaired during the 19th century. The new facade, seen here, had to be erected about a century ago, to secure the structure.

"Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens" ("Saint Peter in Chains") is the parish church of Noailhac. Like seen in nearby Collonges-la-Rouge (previous uplaod), red sandstone was the material that was on hands locally, so this church, built in the 12th century was "rouge" as well. The church got partly destroyed during the Hundred Years War, so the nave was rebuilt later in the Gothic style, reusing some of the capitals of the Romanesque structure. Severely damaged again during the French Revolution and poorly repaired during the 19th century, a new facade (not to be seen from this pov) had to be built about a century ago, to secure the structure.