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Parné-sur-Roc

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Saint Peter's church

The Romanesque church of Parné-sur-Roc has a remarkable 12th-century gate tower and an 11th-century nave. The chancel and the apsidioles were erected in the 19th century.

Gate tower
Gate tower
Nave and chancel
Nave and chancel

Mural paintings:

1) 12th-century floral pattern in the embrasure of a window:

2) - Paintings of the northern wall of the nave (15th and 16th centuries):
2) - Paintings of the northern wall of the nave (15th and 16th centuries):
Virgin of the seven Sorrows
Virgin of the seven Sorrows
Saint Jerome
Saint Jerome
Parné-sur-Roc
Parné-sur-Roc

Left: Saint Crispin and Saint Crispianus (patrons of shoemakers)

Right: Christ Ressuscité

Saint Joseph and the Child-Jesus
Saint Joseph and the Child-Jesus

3) Paintings of the southern wall of the nave:

Damian and Cosmas (healing saints)
Damian and Cosmas (healing saints)
bishop of Tréguier)
bishop of Tréguier)

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