Rayon.
[Claude-17]

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060. Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. Location. The village of Saint-Pair-sur-Mer is
located on the coast, 3.5 kilometers south of Granville.
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer was a prosperous town and the vital center of the
region until the construction of Granville in the 15th century. Many
people moved to Granville then, at the expense of Saint-Pair.
Saint-Pair grew again in 1880 with the development of seaside resorts.
Medieval roads--a coast road and a shore road--were used by pilgrims
from Saint-Pair to Mont Saint-Michel, and are still used today by
"modern" pilgrims and visitors.

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061. Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. The church is under St. Pair's patronage, and
the second saint is St. Gaud. The church is a place of pilgrimage
dedicated to the worship of St. Gaud, whose sarcophagus was found in
1131 during the building of the Romanesque church. Much later, in 1880,
the Romanesque nave was demolished to be replaced by a much larger nave
and a transept to accommodate the many parishioners of this popular
seaside resort. The enlarged church was consecrated on August 26, 1888.
Photo by Claude Rayon. [Claude-18]

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062. Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. The church is shown here from the north-east
to get a view of the whole building. Photo by Marie Lebert. [Marie-07]

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063. Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. The old Romanesque church, after a drawing
from E. Biguet published in the journal Le Pays de Granville dated
1934. The Romanesque nave was demolished in 1880 to be replaced by a
much larger nave and a transept. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-034]

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064. Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. The church plan before 1880, as we can imagine
it. The total external length was 37,5 meters. The external width of
the nave was 11,1 meters (this hasn't changed). Plan by Marie Lebert.

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065. Saint-Pair-sur-Mer. The plan of the present church. Regulary
oriented from west to east, the building has a two-row nave with a
porch, a large transept and a three-row choir with a semi-circular
apse. The external length of the whole building is 57,1 meters. The
external width of the nave is 11,1 meters. The square tower rises at
the crossing of the transept. The transept arms are opened by two apses
on their eastern side. The choir opens north on two chapels, one
towards the apse and one towards the tower. At the angle formed by the
south transept arm and the choir, a re