Église Saint-Projet de Bordeaux, Medieval church in central Bordeaux, France.
The église Saint-Projet de Bordeaux survives only as its tower, on rue Tustal. The tower has five levels marked by protruding stone bands, and its upper section appears more recent. The entrance is concealed behind a 17th-century door with flat pilasters. The tower was inscribed as a monument historique on 14 September 1965.
The church was built in the 14th century and developed into an important gathering place for the city's middle-class community over the following centuries. It was closed in 1791 by Bishop Pierre Pacareau, marking the end of its role as an active religious center.
The square takes its name from Saint Projet, the church that stood here; its medieval cemetery became today's Place Saint-Projet. The cross cited in a 1518 document still stands there, though only the shaft is old, the cross itself remade in the early 20th century. The square's fountain, carved in 1737 by Michel Van der Woort, shows a man and a woman above a triangular pediment, said to be the Peugue and Devèze rivers.
The tower stands on rue Tustal, and the ground-floor arch now holds a restaurant entrance under a metal canopy, so the medieval masonry is seen from street level. The Place Saint-Projet, with the 1737 fountain and the church cross, is a short walk away and gives the wider view.
The cross now standing on Place Saint-Projet is cited in a document of 1518; only its shaft is old, the cross itself was remade in the early 20th century. The square occupies the site of the church's medieval cemetery. The fountain against a nearby building was carved in 1737 by Michel Van der Woort, and its triangular pediment shows a man and a woman said to represent the Peugue and Devèze rivers.
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