Saintes along the water: barge ride on the Charente!
Saintes along the water: barge ride on the Charente!
642 m - Saintes
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Dedicated to the Bishop of Saintes, Vivien, the current church is built on the site of three successive Christian buildings. The first, in the 6th century, was a basilica built around the Saint's tomb in an early Christian necropolis.
The second, before the 12th century was a priory occupied by regular canons razed after 1572. A new chapel is then built in 1617, demolished in 1840. The current building is a neoclassical church built between 1840 and 1845 by the architect Brossard, based on the model of early Christian basilicas.
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