Bourgogne romane: église Saint-Barthélemy à Farges-lès-Mâcon
Today I am taking you to another small village in southern Burgundy, Farges-lès-Mâcon, to visit the Saint Bartholomew parish church, built between 1050 and 1100 and which depended from the abbey in Tournus. The similarities between the monumental church in Tournus and this small village church are striking: they were undoubtedly built by the same hands, or at least those who built Farges did it using Tournus as a model.
In spite of the limited technical and financial means, this church has been beautifully proportioned and designed, most likely by people sent from the abbey in Tournus. It must also be said that, for once, this is a very artistically lit church, and a pleasure to photograph —in spite of the usual, ugly-as-sin 19th century Stations of the Cross pictures.
Bourgogne romane: église Saint-Barthélemy à Farges-lès-Mâcon
Today I am taking you to another small village in southern Burgundy, Farges-lès-Mâcon, to visit the Saint Bartholomew parish church, built between 1050 and 1100 and which depended from the abbey in Tournus. The similarities between the monumental church in Tournus and this small village church are striking: they were undoubtedly built by the same hands, or at least those who built Farges did it using Tournus as a model.
In spite of the limited technical and financial means, this church has been beautifully proportioned and designed, most likely by people sent from the abbey in Tournus. It must also be said that, for once, this is a very artistically lit church, and a pleasure to photograph —in spite of the usual, ugly-as-sin 19th century Stations of the Cross pictures.