Église Saint-Germain

English translation

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History

Composed of a nave and a transept dating from the 11th century, a choir of the 13th century terminated by a flat chevet, the church is preceded by a façade and a bell tower raised in 1861. The construction of this façade and this bell tower destroyed the Romanesque round arch door, and made it possible to find the paving of a Merovingian baptistry. This was connected by a door to a church of the same period which was replaced, in the 11th century, by the present nave, probably prolonged by a hemicycle apse. From this 11th century church remain the southern wall of the nave and the walls of the south transept. The wall of the nave was raised or repaired at its upper part in the 13th century. The north wall of the nave is pierced with a door in a pointed arch with a double roll, which dates from the 13th century. The choir replaced, at this period, the Romanesque apse. It is divided into two bays covered with Angevin vaults and opens with a triplet which comprised stained glass windows from the 13th century blown out by a bomb in 1944, but fortunately repairable. These stained glass windows represent scenes from the Passion, the life of Saint-Nicholas and Saint-Germain.