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Coussay-les-Bois : Former Saint-Martin church

Vienne

Reference

PA00105442

Latitude

46.808432176271

Longitude

0.74325687357315

Address

1 Rue de Clamart 86270 Coussay-les-Bois

Construction era

11e siècle

Protection date

1951/04/14 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Eglise Saint-Martin (ancienne) : inscription par arrêté du 14 avril 1951

This chapel, which is the first church in the village, has a bell tower supported by two semicircular arches. Inside, there are some capitals decorated with foliage with ragers decorated with palmettes similar to those of the western portal of the church. The second part of the nave has a vault in warheads with ivy. Some of the ends of these vaults end with heads of monsters. One of the capitals is embellished with patterns of vine leaves and clusters.