St Paul - relief carving at Moissac Abbey
Relief carving on the 'trumeau' (central door pillar) supporting the tympanum of the south porch of Moissac Abbey (the Église Abbatiale St-Pierre).
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.
St Paul - relief carving at Moissac Abbey
Relief carving on the 'trumeau' (central door pillar) supporting the tympanum of the south porch of Moissac Abbey (the Église Abbatiale St-Pierre).
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.