Église Saint-Pierre-le-Puellier, Romanesque church in central Orléans, France.
Église Saint-Pierre-le-Puellier stands at the corner of Rue des Tanneurs, Rue de la Tour and Rue de la Folie, on Place du cloître Saint-Pierre-Le-Puellier about 100 metres from the right bank of the Loire. Its grey-rendered upper wall has three round-arched windows on each side above a band of exposed stone, where a red double door and narrow arched windows open. Inside, white plastered barrel vaults divided by transverse arches cover a tall, narrow nave, with metal tie rods crossing the width.
The present building dates from the 12th century and was altered in the 13th, 15th and 17th centuries; it is the oldest church in Orléans not destroyed. It appears to have begun as a cemetery church. During the Revolution the Orléans architect Benoît Lebrun bought it in 1793, and it was listed as a monument historique on 11 December 1925.
Since deconsecration in 1958, the former parish church has hosted temporary art exhibitions, several each year. Past shows include stencil artist Jef Aérosol in 2012 and Yseult Digan's "Empress" in 2019. The building is open Tuesday to Friday mornings and afternoons and weekend afternoons.
The church stands at the corner of Rue des Tanneurs, Rue de la Tour and Rue de la Folie, on Place du cloître Saint-Pierre-Le-Puellier, about 100 metres from the right bank of the Loire. It opens Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 12:30 and 13:30 to 18:00, and Saturday and Sunday from 14:00 to 18:00.
The church is the oldest in Orléans that was not destroyed, and it was deconsecrated in 1958. It was then renovated between 1966 and 1976. Since 1925 it has been listed as a monument historique.
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