anesque church was
consecrated in 1157 by Herbert, bishop of Avranches, along with Roger,
abbot of Bec-Hellouin. The church and cemetery of Genets were granted
the title of (French) Historic Monument in 1959. Photo by Claude Rayon.
[Claude-40]

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136. Genets. The church is composed of a broad nave, a transept and a
three-row choir with a flat apse. A massive tower topped by a
saddleback roof rises at the transept crossing. The Romanesque parts
are the transept crossings, part of the transept arms and two-thirds of
the tower. The porch before the south gate in the nave is from the 16th
century. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-071]

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137. Genets. The church plan. Regularly oriented from west to east, the
building is formed by a wide nave, a transept and a three-row choir
with a flat apse. The whole building has an external length of 53.7
meters. The external width of the nave is 10.8 meters (width of the
front). The first row of the choir opens north and south on two flat
apse chapels, that open themselves on the transept arms. Plan by Marie
Lebert.

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138. Genets. The north wall. The tower is Romanesque for two-thirds of
its height. Its upper part was built in the early 16th century. The
nave was completely rebuilt in the mid-18th century. Photo by Alain
Dermigny. [Alain-072]

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139. Genets. The Romanesque transept, with its north part and its gable
wall. The masonry is made from irregular blocks of schist and granite.
The schist is the local stone. The granite probably came from the
granite ground of Avranches a few miles south-east. The gable wall is
opened by a large semi-circular bay. Photo by Alain Dermigny.
[Alain-073]

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140. Genets. The tower is situated at the transept crossing, with two
floors. It is Romanesque to two-thirds of his height, with blocks of
granite of medium size, while the top is from the early 16th century,
with much larger blocks of granite. The lower floor is blind. The upper
floor is open to the north, south and west by walled-up Romanesque twin
bays, that were extended by Gothic trefoil bays added in the early
16th century. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-074]

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141. Genets. The tower is topped by a saddleback roof, the base of
which is hidden north and south by a balustrade with an openwork
design. Its corners are adorned with Gothic gargoyles shaped as dogs,
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