Église Notre-Dame de Beaugency, Romanesque church in Beaugency, France.
Notre-Dame de Beaugency is a grey stone church with a steep dark slate roof and a pointed gable on its main facade. Two round-arched portals with dark wooden doors open onto the facade, and a square stone tower with a pyramidal roof and a small cross at its peak rises on the right. It stands at the corner of Place Dunois and Rue de l'Abbaye.
The church originated in the 12th century as the abbey church of the Notre-Dame abbey of Beaugency. It was listed as a monument historique in 1862. The building was studied by Jourdain-Pellieux in an 1859 article in the Bulletin de la société archéologique et historique de l'Orléanais.
The church keeps its status as the former abbey church of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Beaugency, founded in the 12th century. It belongs to the parish of Beaugency, within the Diocese of Orléans and the ecclesiastical province of Tours. The building was studied by Jourdain-Pellieux in an 1859 article in the Bulletin de la société archéologique et historique de l'Orléanais.
The church sits at the intersection of Place Dunois and Rue de l'Abbaye on the right bank of the Loire River. The location is easy to access and centrally positioned in town.
The church was studied by Jourdain-Pellieux in an article published in 1859 in the Bulletin de la société archéologique et historique de l'Orléanais. It was listed as a monument historique in 1862, one of the earliest French heritage lists.
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