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2014-07-30 Coulgens, église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Charente, Poitou Charentes 8093
The parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a Romanesque church built in the eleventh and twelfth centuries was classified as a historical monument March 25,1955
It is a rural parish church of the eleventh century. It has only one nave, a semicircular apse and a bell tower. Despite its rather austere appearance, it deserves to be seen. Outside, the facade, gutter walls of the nave and the apse offer interesting corbels. Inside, the church is rich capitals of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The nave has murals of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It is mentioned in documents in 1140 when Count of Angoulême Taillefer Vulgrin II strengthens the place to deal with abuse of Aymar de La Rochefoucauld.
2014-07-30 Coulgens, église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Charente, Poitou Charentes 8093
The parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is a Romanesque church built in the eleventh and twelfth centuries was classified as a historical monument March 25,1955
It is a rural parish church of the eleventh century. It has only one nave, a semicircular apse and a bell tower. Despite its rather austere appearance, it deserves to be seen. Outside, the facade, gutter walls of the nave and the apse offer interesting corbels. Inside, the church is rich capitals of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The nave has murals of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It is mentioned in documents in 1140 when Count of Angoulême Taillefer Vulgrin II strengthens the place to deal with abuse of Aymar de La Rochefoucauld.