Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lefaux
Lefaux, FR
The Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste was built in the neo-gothic style in 1884 following the plans of Clovis Normand, a talented regional architect. It draws its charm from its style of construction.
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Lefaux, FR
The Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste was built in the neo-gothic style in 1884 following the plans of Clovis Normand, a talented regional architect. It draws its charm from its style of construction.
Luigny, FR
The Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is located in Luigny, in the Center-Val de Loire region. From the original building of the twelfth century remain the walls of the nave pierced by small Romanesque semicircular bays, and the semicircular apse. The western facade has the main entrance, underlined by an archivolt. The church was enlarged in the sixteenth century with the construction of a chapel. The choir, built in 1656, is a beautiful ensemble of Baroque style. The altarpiece is classified.
Manerbe, FR
The commune of Manerbe and its church Saint-Jean-Baptiste already existed before the year 1000. The latter was rebuilt in 1513 when the Confrérie des Chantons was founded. The portal is from the 17th century. It was made for the abbey of Val Richer then was installed in the 18th century in Manerbe. Before the Revolution, the patronage belonged to the lord of the place. The main facade is a gable wall cut in its northern part by a bell tower. The portal is framed by a low arch. The wide gable is decorated with an oculus and surmounted by a ridge cross. A buttress supports the southern end of the wall. The bell tower rises on three levels supported at their corners by buttresses.
Moulinet, FR
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is located in Moulinet, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Built in the 12th century on the site of a 5th century Visigothic temple, it has a three bay nave with three vessels, leading to a choir consisting of a straight span and a semicircular apse. The building was heavily remodeled in the nineteenth century. You can admire various sacerdotal objects from the eighteenth century, and a 19th century statuette of the Madonna and Child and family tombs.
Pleaux, FR
Church with a square Romanesque bell tower leaning against the chevet; the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 15th century.
Saint-Jean-pla-de-Corts, FR
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is located in Saint-Jean-pla-de-Corts, in Occitania. It is built on the foundations of an older church, that is mentioned as early as the 10th century. The church is composed of a vaulted nave that is framed by two side aisles with arcades. In the eighteenth century, the Romanesque tower was transformed into a bell-tower by adding a span of masonry and a staircase. Finally, in the 19th century, An ironwork marquise was added above the entrance gate.
Luxembourg, LU
Saint-Jean-du-Grund is a church from the very beginning of the 18th century, which once belonged to the Benedictine Abbey of Münster. The interior contains a baroque choir, a beautiful 18th century organ and, in one of the chapels, a black Madonna and Child, carved around 1360, which is the object of great veneration.
Wäisswampech, LU
The present church was built in 1870. The tower was built in 1880. A procession takes place annually at the fair on the first Sunday after Corpus Christi.
Mouchès, FR
The Saint-Julien church is located in Mouchès, in Midi-Pyrénées (Occitanie). This pre-Romanesque church, with originally built to a cruciform plan, is surrounded by high walls. Its single two span nave was vaulted with ogives in the 19th century, and has been entirely redecorated: paneling, woodwork, decor of false stones. Stained-glass windows enlighten the building. The font, dug in a beautiful white marble capital is especially notable, as well as the beautiful wooden altar-tomb, painted green to look like marble.
Domfront-en-Poiraie, FR
The church of Saint-Julien in Domfront is part of the revival of sacred art in the first half of the 20th century. It corresponds to an original work of neo-Byzantine style with a reinforced concrete structure, an art deco decoration tinged with Armenian reminiscences and the presence of an imposing extinguished bell tower. The work of the Parisian architect Albert Guilbert, to whom we also owe the Armenian cathedral in Paris and the church of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc in Versailles, Saint-Julien de Domfront is a major achievement of 20th century architecture in Normandy, and was consecrated in 1933.
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