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 |
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Caen, church of Holy Peace (Sainte-Paix)
In order to perpetuate the memory of a provincial council (1047) during which the Trêve de Dieu [Truce of God] and the curfew law were imposed, Duke William built the church of Sainte-Paix in 1061 on the right bank of the Orne where it was part of the commune of Mondeville until 1718. Having been sacked by the Protestants en 1562, it was partly rebuilt in the 17th century. It was then demolished during the French Revolution and abandoned in 1793. In 1835, the remains of the building were incorporated into a gasworks which was the target of the violent bombardments of 1944. Only the choir of the Romanesque church remains today.
Caen, church of Holy Peace (Sainte-Paix): lapidary fragments
Sculpted plaque
Second half of the 11th century
Sculpted plaque
11th century
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 Sculpted plaque 11th century |
