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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 828161" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p><strong>Another priory church the size of a cathedral (2022)</strong></p><p></p><p>Not only the Saint-Étienne (Saint Stephen in English) church in the town of Nevers (central France) is super-large for a priory (another of those priories of Cluny, like La Charité pictured above), it is also the very first time in History that builders attempted a three-story high church under a barrel vaulting —a considerable and daring achievement for those times. It was built between 1068 and 1100.</p><p></p><p>Protected as a Historic Landmark on the very first list of 1840, the church is also part of the <em>Via Lemovicensis</em> Path to Compostela, hence a UNESCO World Heritage site. Little known to anyone outside the circle of Mediævalists, Saint-Étienne of Nevers is one of the best preserved Romanesque churches in France. It looks today, in fact, almost exactly as it did when it was built.</p><p></p><p>This is a rare and spectacular photograph of the whole length of the nave, as seen from the elevated tribune. I had made arrangements in advance with the city of Nevers so that I would be allowed to access this part of the church out of bounds to the public. From here you can also better see how the transverse arches get more and more deformed, “flattened” by the weight of the vault as you move from East to West along the nave.</p><p></p><p>Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. Natural light.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]414386[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 828161, member: 53455"] [B]Another priory church the size of a cathedral (2022)[/B] Not only the Saint-Étienne (Saint Stephen in English) church in the town of Nevers (central France) is super-large for a priory (another of those priories of Cluny, like La Charité pictured above), it is also the very first time in History that builders attempted a three-story high church under a barrel vaulting —a considerable and daring achievement for those times. It was built between 1068 and 1100. Protected as a Historic Landmark on the very first list of 1840, the church is also part of the [I]Via Lemovicensis[/I] Path to Compostela, hence a UNESCO World Heritage site. Little known to anyone outside the circle of Mediævalists, Saint-Étienne of Nevers is one of the best preserved Romanesque churches in France. It looks today, in fact, almost exactly as it did when it was built. This is a rare and spectacular photograph of the whole length of the nave, as seen from the elevated tribune. I had made arrangements in advance with the city of Nevers so that I would be allowed to access this part of the church out of bounds to the public. From here you can also better see how the transverse arches get more and more deformed, “flattened” by the weight of the vault as you move from East to West along the nave. Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. Natural light. [ATTACH type="full" alt="52401051441_e69eb1b269_o.jpg"]414386[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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