Couthures sur Garonne - 01
Couthures sur Garonne
The Church Saint-Léger at Couthures sur Garonne. The Church stands over 8 metres above the Garonne and was completely rebuilt between 1851 and 1863 to replace a Church destroyed by floods. This building has also been flooded itself, as can be seen on the marker board, most recently last year.
The history of flooding has caused some structural damage and at the moment the Church has a temporary Altar at the end of the Nave as there are some substantial cracks in the masonery in the Transepts and the Apse is now out of bounds.
The Church has some beautiful stained glass windows and an elaborately decorated ceiling and there is an appeal for funds to help in stabilization and restoration of the structure. Couthures sur Garonne is a small village with a population of less than 400 and, as a pre-1905 structure, the maintenance of the Church falls to the commune. This is in part why there are so many Churches in a state of disrepair in rural France.
Couthures sur Garonne - 01
Couthures sur Garonne
The Church Saint-Léger at Couthures sur Garonne. The Church stands over 8 metres above the Garonne and was completely rebuilt between 1851 and 1863 to replace a Church destroyed by floods. This building has also been flooded itself, as can be seen on the marker board, most recently last year.
The history of flooding has caused some structural damage and at the moment the Church has a temporary Altar at the end of the Nave as there are some substantial cracks in the masonery in the Transepts and the Apse is now out of bounds.
The Church has some beautiful stained glass windows and an elaborately decorated ceiling and there is an appeal for funds to help in stabilization and restoration of the structure. Couthures sur Garonne is a small village with a population of less than 400 and, as a pre-1905 structure, the maintenance of the Church falls to the commune. This is in part why there are so many Churches in a state of disrepair in rural France.