EGLISE NOTRE-DAME DU ROSAIRE
LE MASSEGROS , Lozère – Cultural heritage
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Le Recoux has a pretty Romanesque church dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, built from the 13th century
The single nave with a barrel vault opens onto a polygonal apse on the sides of which there is an arcature punctuated by red sandstone columns with sculpted capitals. This characteristic decoration is found on the exterior, on the chevet
The chapels are later. Traduction automatique par DeepL via DATAtourisme
In the commune of Massegros, the village of Recoux has a pretty Romanesque church dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary.
You enter through a porch on the south side of the building. Inside, a single nave with a barrel vault opens onto a polygonal apse with a semi-circular vault
The arcature on the sides of the apse and framing the bays is punctuated by red sandstone columns with sculpted capitals. The chevet on the outside benefits from a similar treatment.
This careful composition of the choir, as well as the barrel vaulting, are characteristic of Romanesque architecture and allow these parts of the building to be dated to the 13th century
Four later chapels open onto the nave, one of which contains a niche with a pointed arch housing a statue of the Virgin.
A niche above the entrance gate to the cemetery also contains a statue of the Virgin
This rather rare element is also found in the church of Saint-Geoges de Lévéjac. Traduction automatique par DeepL via DATAtourisme
