Audrieu (canton of Tilly-sur-Seulles, Calvados) Church of Notre-Dame

    The church of Notre-Dame in Audrieu was probably founded by the abbey of the Trinité of Vendôme. It was a dependency of the latter and of the baron of Audrieu, which probably explains its size. The whole building dates from the 14^th century: the nave and its two aisles, which have been heavily re-worked, the choir and the tower at the transept crossing, whose spire was not completed. The oldest part of the building is the transept, which dates from the 12^th century. The two transept crossings present a Romanesque portal with a triple archivolt, which is now walled, while an apsidiole once occupied the east side. Only the north apsidiole has been preserved. It is covered with a stone roof in polygonal form, whose groins are marked by toruses.

Bibliography

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