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Église Saint-PierreLoir-et-Cher (41)

Built in the 12th century, the church underwent important alterations in the 15th and 16th centuries. Two lateral chapels were added and Gothic windows were pierced. The spire is fairly recent.

Boursay, Église Saint-Pierre
Boursay, Église Saint-Pierre
Tie-beam carved with swallowing monsters
Tie-beam carved with swallowing monsters

MURAL PAINTINGS:

. - They date back to the late 14th or early 15th century.

1) Hell and Paradise.

Hell (general view)
Hell (general view)
Boursay, Église Saint-Pierre
Boursay, Église Saint-Pierre

The damned: two figures are rising from the group of damned souls waiting to be thrown into the cauldron.

Boursay, Église Saint-Pierre
Boursay, Église Saint-Pierre

(left) A demon is grasping a man in its claws

right) In the cauldron, the figures of a pope, a bishop and kings or princes

Boursay, Église Saint-Pierre
Boursay, Église Saint-Pierre

(left) A demon: its body was originally brown.

(right) Paradise - traditional representation.

Location and nearby churches

  1. Choue 4.6 km
  2. Droué 6.6 km
  3. Souday 10 km
  4. Ruan-sur-Egvonne 12 km
  5. Sargé-sur-Braye 13 km
  6. Mazangé 20 km