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Mont-Dol

Église Saint-PierreIlle-et-Vilaine (35)

The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a former Benedictine prioral church founded in the 12th century. It then depended on the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. Part of the nave and the square pillars date back to this period. The tower was erected in the 14th century. The south porches and the two sacristies are recent additions (19th century)

South view: the upper windows of the nave are Romanesque; the tower dates to the 14th century and the two porches were added in the 19th century
South view: the upper windows of the nave are Romanesque; the tower dates to the 14th century and the two porches were added in the 19th century
Right: the tower
Right: the tower
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre

West porch, which is part of the towerchancel (19th C.)nave (partly Romanesque) south aislenorth aisleRosary chapel St. Stephen's chapel 19th-century sacristy19th-century sacristywest door19th-century south porches

Nave, chancel and apse (the square pillars date to the 13th century, the others to the 13th)
Nave, chancel and apse (the square pillars date to the 13th century, the others to the 13th)
Right, 17th-century retable
Right, 17th-century retable

THE WALL PAINTINGS

The wall paintings of the nave date to the 15th century and represent scenes of the Passion of Christ

North wall of the nave:

Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre

Entry into Jerusalem and 1864 sketch by Théophile Busnel

South wall of the nave:

Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre

The Entombment and 1864 sketch

Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre

The Resurrection and its 1864 sketch

Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre

The Descent into Limbo and 1864 sketch

Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre

Christ's Appearance to Mary Magdalene and 1864 sketch

Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre

Hell (16th century) and 1864 sketch

The walls of the nave and the intrados of some arches have retained Romanesque decorative patterns

Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Mont-Dol, Église Saint-Pierre
Frieze and masonry pattern on the north wall of the nave
Frieze and masonry pattern on the north wall of the nave

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