Église Notre Dame du Vieux Pouzauges

Push open the door of this church, typical of Romanesque art in the Bas Poitou region, to discover its 12th-century murals.

Don't miss a visit to the church of Notre Dame du Vieux Pouzauges, a Romanesque building with exceptional wall paintings dating from the 11th and 12th centuries! The iconographic themes taken from the Old Testament and apocryphal texts make Notre-Dame church a unique site in France.

Listed as a Historic Monument, the church also contains other treasures such as a Gothic liturgical washbasin and a pavement made from funerary slabs.

An audio commentary is available to help you discover the church and its murals. Guided tours for groups are available all year round by prior arrangement.

Contact

Rue Louis Desnouhes
85700 POUZAUGES
FRANCE

Practical information

Opening times

Open all year round

Site theme

Church

Site category

Registered and Listed Sites

Architectural style of the site

Romanesque

Access to the free site

Yes

Access map, location

Puy du Fou : 19.5 km

Spoken language

French

Further information

Groups accepted starting from 10 persons
Visible point of interest without tour

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