Église de Périers

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The church Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Périers is a Catholic building in the French commune of Périers in the Manche department of Normandy. The building is classified as historical monuments.

Location: The church is located in Périers, in the French department of Le Manche.

History: Richard I of Normandy gave the church of Périers, with those of Millières and Vaudrimesnil, to the abbey Saint-Taurin of Évreux. In 1195, Richard Coeur de Lion confirmed this donation. The building was partially destroyed during the Hundred Years War. Very damaged in 1944, the church was restored identically from 1955 to 1960 by architect Yves-Marie Coldevaux.

Description: The Gothic church was restored after 1944. Its nave, which consists of six spans, with round piles flanked by four columns, is characteristic of the 14th century style, as well as the crucifixes and apsidioles with cut strips. The large polygonal apse was added at the end of the 14th century, and the small octagonal turret built on its right flank seems to have served as the lantern of the dead. The choir and the piles of the crossover...