Église Saint-Georges de Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, Romanesque parish church in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, France

Église Saint-Georges is a parish church with a 12th-century Romanesque nave, a 1784 transept crossing, and a neo-Roman bell tower completed in 1884 on the south arm. The nave is covered by a wooden ceiling installed in 1915, and the facade has a pointed door with blind voussoirs and an oculus. Inside, 12th-century carved capitals are set into the masonry or used as a font.

First mentioned in a papal bull of Gregory VII in 1075 as a Cluniac monastery near the castle of Didonne, the church was rebuilt in the 12th century. Its bells were confiscated in 1546 after the Pitauds revolt, and it was partly destroyed in the Wars of Religion. The Romanesque facade was altered in 1606, and the transept square with the main altar was built in 1784. The neo-Roman bell tower was completed in 1884.

The church's name comes from Saint George, and the building served pilgrims walking to Santiago de Compostela, who crossed the Gironde estuary towards Soulac or continued overland via Talmont, Blaye and Bordeaux. Twelve-century capitals found during early 20th-century works are set into the masonry at the base of the transverse arch between nave and transept, and one serves as a holy water stoup.

The church stands on Place de Verdun, bordered to the north by Rue d'Alger, in the town centre. Its stone spire is visible from across the Gironde estuary, as far as the Pointe de Grave at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, so it works as a landmark for orientation. The 12th-century capitals are set at the base of the transverse arch between nave and transept, on the left, and one serves as a stoup.

The nave's wooden ceiling was installed in 1915 as a cheap repair for the failing Romanesque vault, and was meant to be temporary; it was never removed. The bell tower, finished in 1884, copies the neo-Romanesque tower of Rion-des-Landes, built in 1868 by Gustave Alaux, father of the architect Jean-Michel Alaux.