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11 juin 2007

The Saint-Vincent's church of Taulignan

taulignan_1The church is that of a priory depend on the abbey of Ruf Saint. It is mentioned since 1119 in a cartulaire of Die. With the XVI ème century, it receives the title of parochial, in the place of Saint hones, ruined. Saint Vincent is installed with summon borough of origin castrale organized in a concentric way around the castle and destroyed with the revolution.














taulignan_4taulignan_6The church was partly rebuilt with the XV ème century and at the time modern. 

It includes/understands a single nave and two spans, as well as a transept and a semicircular apse. The Romance parts are visible outside, at the base of the southern and western walls.












taulignan_2In addition, one opeut to notice many re-employment in the repairs: medieval inscriptions in the northern buttress of the Western wall, small heads carved in the southern wall.










taulignan_5The church includes/understands an ossuary, that of Martin Saint of ormeaux who lived with the VII ème century. Appointed bishop of Saint-Paul-three-castles into 657, it was reached by leprosy and was withdrawn in Taulignan, in a small house near the Letz river. It is there that he died.
The ossuary exposed here was in a vault of the XI ème century built on the spot of its death, vault Saint Martin, now agricultural field.








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