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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 830910" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p><strong>The Merovingian church of Civaux (2022)</strong></p><p></p><p>The parish church in the small village of Civaux (old province of Poitou, central western France) is one of the oldest in France. It is dedicated to the saints Gervais and Protais (Gervasio and Protasio), twin Italian brothers martyred during the 1st century, who for some reason generated quite a strong following in the Poitou after their bones were discovered in Milan in 386.</p><p></p><p>The church is first mentioned in writing in 862, but it existed several centuries before that. Archæologists tell us that the base of the choir, the oldest part, is from around 400, possibly a little earlier, making this a building from the late Antiquity. It could have been a Christian mausoleum, hence the presence of the archaic stela of Æternalis and Servilla, found in the wall of the apse. There was also a Merovingian and Carolingian necropolis around the church, but all that area was fenced off and being worked on when I went. The nave and bell tower were built during the 11th and 12th centuries.</p><p></p><p>This photo shows the admirable heptagonal apse from the Merovingian times. The small, squarish stones are typical of that era.</p><p></p><p>I know it must not be easy to put this sort of thing in the proper perspective when one hasn’t grown up amongst very old monuments as we did in “Old Europe”, but to try and give you a comparison, get this: when Charlemagne was crowned Emperor (in Year 800, a <em>very</em> long time ago!), this apse was already as old as the Plymouth Rock Landing is to us today!</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.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]417184[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 830910, member: 53455"] [B]The Merovingian church of Civaux (2022)[/B] The parish church in the small village of Civaux (old province of Poitou, central western France) is one of the oldest in France. It is dedicated to the saints Gervais and Protais (Gervasio and Protasio), twin Italian brothers martyred during the 1st century, who for some reason generated quite a strong following in the Poitou after their bones were discovered in Milan in 386. The church is first mentioned in writing in 862, but it existed several centuries before that. Archæologists tell us that the base of the choir, the oldest part, is from around 400, possibly a little earlier, making this a building from the late Antiquity. It could have been a Christian mausoleum, hence the presence of the archaic stela of Æternalis and Servilla, found in the wall of the apse. There was also a Merovingian and Carolingian necropolis around the church, but all that area was fenced off and being worked on when I went. The nave and bell tower were built during the 11th and 12th centuries. This photo shows the admirable heptagonal apse from the Merovingian times. The small, squarish stones are typical of that era. I know it must not be easy to put this sort of thing in the proper perspective when one hasn’t grown up amongst very old monuments as we did in “Old Europe”, but to try and give you a comparison, get this: when Charlemagne was crowned Emperor (in Year 800, a [I]very[/I] long time ago!), this apse was already as old as the Plymouth Rock Landing is to us today! Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. [ATTACH type="full"]417184[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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