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Title: Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album

Author: Marie Lebert

Release Date: July 24, 2010 [EBook #33249]

Language: English

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ROMANESQUE ART IN SOUTHERN MANCHE: ALBUM

MARIE LEBERT

WITH PHOTOS BY ALAIN DERMIGNY AND CLAUDE RAYON

[Author's note: Please forgive my mistakes in English, if any. My
mother tongue is French. This album is also available in French,
with the title "Art roman dans le Sud-Manche: Album (2)". Each
paragraph ends with its associated image filename.]

[Illustration]

001. In this album, there are no monuments described in all touristic
guides. On the contrary, these twelve Romanesque churches are little
known. They are located in Southern Manche, that is to say in the
southern part of the department of Manche, in Normandy, along the coast
or in the countryside. These churches were built in the 10th, 11th and
12th century by villagers and parishioners, with local stones--schist
and granite--on the medieval roads used by pilgrims to reach Mont
Saint-Michel, their final destination after travelling for many months.

[Illustration]

002. Southern Manche. The map of the region. From north to south, these
blue spots show the churches of Saint-Martin-le-Vieux, Breville,
Yquelon, Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Angey, Saint-Jean-le-Thomas, Dragey,
Genets, Saint-Leonard-de-Vains, Saint-Loup and
Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme, without forgetting the beautiful Romanesque
gate in Sartilly. This map was digitized by Georges Cercel.

[Illustration]

003. Southern Manche. An old map of the region. This region has
belonged to Cotentin for its northern part and Avranchin for its
southern part. The limit between Cotentin and Avranchin is the small
river Thar, that flows into the Channel at the south of Granville. In
the Middle Ages, this region was rich, with more