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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 824738" data-attributes="member: 53455">In the small and quiet village of Chapaize in southern Burgundy, a Benedictine priory was founded in the 900s by the monks of the abbey of Chalon-sur-Saône. The church that we can see today, and which is one of the most interesting in all of Burgundy, was built around Year 1000 by the great abbot and builder Guillaume de Volpiano, who had originally come from Italy —but “nations” as we know them today had no meaning, and even no existence, back then.In general, this beautiful church is reminiscent of the abbey church of Tournus, which is only 15 kilometers away, on the other bank of River Saône. You will have noticed the bandes lombardes, an expected decorative motif for the period, which is often referred to as le premier art roman (“the First Romanesque Art”, or First Romanesque period), and lasting roughly between 980–1050 or even 1100, depending on the location. They appear on the façade and on the bell tower, which is very tall (35 meters) and towers over all the surrounding countryside. The façade is harmonious but quite simple and massive. Because of its old age, nothing is very straight in this church, and symmetry was not even a topic back then.Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus. FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.[ATTACH=full]410893[/ATTACH]</blockquote>