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Coordinates: 46°35′00″N 0°20′38″E. Notre-Dame la Grande is a Roman Catholic church in Poitiers, France. Having a double status, collegial and parochial, it forms part of the Catholic diocese of Poitiers. The west front adorned with statuary is recognised as a masterpiece of Romanesque religious art.
Sculpted in the first half of the 12th century, the famous facade of the church of Notre-Dame-la-Grande in Poitiers has an ornamental and figurative vocabulary of great quality. At the entrance gate, a frieze relates episodes from the holy story - from Adam and Eve to the birth of Jesus.
Notre-Dame la Grande. Poitiers, France. The west front of Notre-Dame la Grande church adorned with statuary is recognised as a masterpiece of Romanesque religious art. The district was already populated in Roman times. The ancient vestiges of a brick and rectangular stone construction can be located near the gutter on the northern wall of the ...
In Poitiers. Notre-Dame-la-Grande church is a good example of Romanesque architecture, with a remarkable 12th-century facade containing a profusion of fine sculptures. The Saint-Pierre cathedral (12th–16th century), built largely in the local Gothic style known as Angevin (after the counts of Anjou and their descendants), has a….
Considered as the jewel of the city, the Church Notre-Dame-la-Grande de Poitiers (a name that refers to the Sainte-Marie-Majeur Church of Rome) is mentioned from the 10th century but it was rebuilt at the End of the eleventh century in the historic center. She has then rank of parish and collegiate.
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The Église Notre-Dame-la-Grande in Poitiers is a magnificent Romanesque-Byzantine church from the 11th and 12th centuries. Its wide facade is flanked by pinecone-shaped towers and covered in carvings of saints and biblical scenes.
1. The history of Notre-Dame-la-Grande, testimony to Romanesque architecture. In the heart of Poitiers, you will discover one of the city's architectural treasures. On the Place Charles de Gaulle, admire the sumptuous Notre-Dame-la-Grande church, a historic jewel of Romanesque art.
