Collections of the Musée de Normandie The bequest of the Musée de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie (Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Normandy) Romanesque sculptures and architectural fragments

Caen, church of St Pierre

The parish of Saint-Pierre, formerly Darnetal, is located at the heart of the town and was the largest in the city. The "Sancti-Petri atrium" is mentioned for the first time in 1083 in the cartulary of the Abbey of the Sainte-Trinité in Caen, but the Saxon origin of the name Darnetal would lead one to suppose a older origins for the place. During the restorations carried out at the base of the pillars of the tower at the end of the 19^th century, workers discovered the vestiges of a 12^th century construction under the 13^th century masonry, which in turn covered the remains of an initial building of the pre-Romanesque period from which the elements presented here originate.

 

Caen, church of St Pierre : lapidary fragments

Capital First third of the 12th century

Antefix cross First third of the 12th century

Capital First third of the 12th century

Springing stones First third of the 12th century	Frieze First third of the 12th century	Capital First third of the 12th century
Frieze Second third of the 12th century	Column pedestal Second half of the 12th century