Abbatiale Saint-Sauveur de Redon

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The Saint-Sauveur Abbey is a Catholic church located in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Located north of the former Saint-Sauveur Abbey in Redon, it was the abbey church until 1790. On that date, the abbey is abolished; the church is then assigned to the parish, while the convent buildings become a high school.

Construction began in the 11th century. The Romanesque nave, amputated by its first five spans following a fire in 1780, remains from that time. The transept, built in the twelfth century, is particularly remarkable: its cross is inspired by contemporary constructions in southwestern France; The bedside dates from the last third of the thirteenth century.

It is in line with the very unified and rigorous constructions of the radiant Gothic architecture of Île-de-France. Finally, the bell tower came from a building campaign after that of the bedside, which aimed to create a monumental facade. As this project remained unfinished, only the bell tower, which was separated from the church during the fire of 1780, remained.

To this set was added, on the north side of the bedside...