Église Saint-Fortunat de Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde

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The church Saint-Fortunat is a parish church located in Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, in the French department of Charente-Maritime and in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It synthesizes various architectural currents such as Saintongeian novel, flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance. The church is classified as a historical monument.

Location: Saint-Fortunat Church is located in the centre of the village of Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde.

The church is called Saint Venance Fortunat, bishop of Poitiers at the beginning of the seventh century. In 1136, a papal bubble confirmed the donation of this church by Guillaume, bishop of Saintes, to the abbey of Sainte-Gemme, a dependency of the abbey of the Chaise-Dieu, in Auvergne. From then on, a priory was linked to the church of Saint-Fort. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the church, about 18 m long, was to include:

the façade as it still stands today; the first part of the nave, with its two spans and its carved capitals, probably covered with a roof in structure; a third span surmounted by a pendant dome, of which remains the remains on and above the current vault; The north stairway tower...