Église de Saint-Cydroine, Yonne

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The Saint-Cydroine church is a Romanesque church dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, one of the oldest in the Yonne department, located in the commune of Laroche-Saint-Cydroine in France. It was originally an abbey church of a Benedictine priory dependent on the abbey of La Charité-sur-Loire. It is dedicated to Saint Cydroine, a Roman Christian martyr from the fourth century beheaded by the Romans at the site of the building (present-day Paul-Boursin Street). Its two-storey octagonal bell tower, its sculptural decoration of its capitals make it one of the masterpieces of Icauna Romanesque art.