Articles populaires – Sacred places

11 juin 2007

Conventual buildings of Saint Philibert

They were undertaken as of the medium of Xlème century: around the cloister, from which the septentrional gallery comes to be joined with the church (only of the four galleries remaining today), the Western wing with the visiting room (old locutorium)...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:42 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

The mysterious inscription in Saint-Philibert

On one of the arcades, known as “arcade of Gerlannus”, is reproduced a mysterious text engraved in the stone which could not be deciphered to date; that thus made since approximately thousand years. Let us note first of all that it is not a question there...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:41 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

The Saint-Valérien church of Tournus

Regarded as a vault of the abbey intended to honour Holy Valérien, primitive owner of Tournus martyrized in IIème century, it was undoubtedly one of the first parish churches of Tournus. There remains today only the nave, arched in broken cradle. To notice:...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:40 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

The column of the zodiac

The museum of the column of the zodiac presents the most singular part of the inheritance of the abbey, famous the Romance “calendar”. Also known under the name of pillar, of octagone, or column of the zodiac, which translates the perplexity of the specialists...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:38 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

The cathedral Notre-Dame and Saint Paul

History The site of Saint-Paul-Three-Castles was inhabited as of Prehistory. The Neolithic era (- 6.000 with - 2.500 before J. - C.) there is well represented by the important site of the Mills which extended at least on 4 ha in south-west from the current...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:34 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

The vault Sainte-Agathe

Not far from Saint-Desiré on a headland where a way of cross arrives, is the vault Sainte-Agathe. Place of pélerinage, it preserves Romance parts. It includes/understands a nave, finished by a small apse and two absidioles. a square bell-tower dominates...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:33 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Saint Désiré

Parish of the old diocese of Bourges. One believes capacity to identify the place of Saint-Desired with that of Salviacus, where a vault dedicated to Saint Martial rose originally. The current name of the place would have been given thereafter in the...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:32 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

The fountain Saint Tugen

The discovery of many polished stone axe and arrowheads flint to the point of Kastel attests a human presence with the Neolithic era on the territory of Primelin. Ovoid stones and tombs of the bronze age testify to the continuity of this occupation, as...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:31 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Pratz, the well of the monks and the guard

Pratz is a small village of the Jura located at the south of Moirans-in-mountain and Saint-Lupicin. It is necessary to leave its car and to traverse the few kilometers which separate it from an exceptional site, the vault saint Romain de Roche. But before...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:28 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Vault Saint Romain de Roche

Us here thus on the Holy way of the vault Romain after having passed in front of the guard of the places. The ass showed us that the site can enable us to approach absolute Initiation and to be finally worthy to cover its skin. Who was Saint Romain? Saint...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:27 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

The church of Saint Restitut

Saint-restitut, inhabited since the Neolithic era, saw initially following one another the Ligurians and the Celts. Among them, Tricastres or Tricastins which means as a Celt “Country of Pierre Blanche”.In the Middle Ages, the village is quoted in the...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:25 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Church Saint Andre in Saint-Rambert sur Loire

With the origin, Holy Rambert, a Roman village of the name of Occiacum, was given to the Abbey of Island-Bores. The monks founded a priory and renamed the place Saint-Andre-of-Olmes.In 1078, when the relics of Rambert Saint were brought, the village took...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:24 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

The menhir of Cross-Saint-Roch

He draws his name from an iron cross devoted to Saint Roch who was placed at his top at the beginning of the Middle Ages. Testimony of the Rochias abbot: “Sunday which followed the festival of the Saint Roch, the populations of Saint Nectary and Sapchat...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:22 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Saint Nectary

The Cornadore mount, which carries Saint Nectary and whose name means “tank of water”, was inhabited as of the Neolithic time. A granite dolmen was set up there. Prosper Mérimée, inspector of the historic buildings, describes it in 1837 in his notes....

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:21 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Saint Montan

Located in Bas-Vivarais, between Fish ponds and Borough-Saint-Andéol, the commune of Saint-Montan extends around his old medieval borough.Saint-Montan has as an originality to be the only commune of France to bear this name. The prehistorians recognize...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:21 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Vault Saint Andre de Mitroys

The Roman way of Narbonne in Lyon passed through Saint Andre de Mitroys. This church is probably of Gallo-Roman origin. It appears in the history at the beginning of Vllème century, that is to say at the time mérovingienne. The foundations and the base...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:20 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Saint Menoux

Halfway located Mills and of Bourbon Archambault, Saint-Menoux has a remarkable church. Menoux, or Ménulphe (the inhabitants of the village are Ménulphiens), Irish bishop, was born in VIIème century. From Ireland, it went to Great Britain, then in Armorique...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:17 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

The Saint Martin's day fountain

In Saint-Menoux, the Saint Martin's day fountain, called sometimes by people of the country fountain of good Menoux is below the church, a few 200 meters further. It is then necessary to pass in front of a baker who makes his bread with the wood fire....

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:15 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Saint-Maximin

The Basilica dedicated to co. Marie-madeleine, whose construction was decided by Charles II of Anjou, is the largest Gothic building of Provence. It contains in the crypt Gallo Roman (IVe century), the Mounting containing the relics of Marie-madeleine,...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:14 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Saint Martin de Laives

The church is well-known lorry drivers borrowing A6 for Paris. It is it whom we see on the left, all in top of the hill, illuminated every evening, with the northern height of Tournus. It is known that the places known as “Martin saint” were often old...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:12 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Saint Laurent d' Agny

The door in the west of the vault. In this place, always on the back of the Dragon, the vault Vincent saint is in the middle of a megalithic stone field. Some still have cups, others form beautiful doors of life.When the builders included/understood what...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:11 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Church Saint Hymetière

Hymetériens, hymetériennes, here a study of your church which envoûtée me. To take with the direction first and the old direction, which is “to pass under the vault”… Jewel of the Romanesque art, the church of Hymetière Saint, close to Arinthod, typical...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:09 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Shady walk of Oustau of the Wolf

This dolmen located a few kilometres from Gervazy Saint, is in the alignment of the small church and its black virgin. It is composed of 6 supports forming a lengthened corridor, two flagstones of bedside and at least two flagstones of cover., of which...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:07 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Saint Gervazy

The construction of the Romance church goes up with X ème or XI ème century. Its wonder remains the black virgin, one of those which touched me. Here some photographs. One can notice in his back a cavity which surely contained, like Notre Dame of Puy,...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:05 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2007

Saint Bonnet le Froid

Along the road of the peaks, between the collar of Luère (light) and that of Maleval (the reverse) is the hamlet, between two legs of the dragon. It passed a Roman way there (of Aquitaine). From time immemorial this top was devoted to various worships:...

Posté par madame_dulac à 23:04 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote