Moissac Abbey: south porch and tower
Moissac Abbey (or, to give it its full name, the Église Abbatiale St-Pierre) is a Romanesque abbey in the Tarn-et-Garonne region of South-West France. It is renowned for the decorative carvings on the south porch and in the cloister.
The current Romanesque building dates from 1063 and was enlarged in the following century when Moissac became a stop on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. The abbey was very nearly demolished to make way for the Bordeaux-Toulouse railway line in the 1850s.
Moissac Abbey: south porch and tower
Moissac Abbey (or, to give it its full name, the Église Abbatiale St-Pierre) is a Romanesque abbey in the Tarn-et-Garonne region of South-West France. It is renowned for the decorative carvings on the south porch and in the cloister.
The current Romanesque building dates from 1063 and was enlarged in the following century when Moissac became a stop on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. The abbey was very nearly demolished to make way for the Bordeaux-Toulouse railway line in the 1850s.