Church of Saint-Christophe
The Church of Saint-Christophe, registered with the Historical Monuments, is located in Saint-Christophe-en-Bresse in Burgundy-Franche-Comté region. It is one of the few Romanesque churches of Burgundy Bresse. The twelfth century church was ravaged in the sixteenth century and rebuilt in the nineteenth century. It has a nave with three vaulted vessels, a transept and a chevet including an apse and two apsidioles, one of which houses a polychrome wooded statue of the Virgin of Pity, dated to the late fifteenth century.
About this building
The Church of Saint-Christophe, listed as a Historical Monument, is located in Saint-Christophe-en-Bresse in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region and is one of the few Romanesque churches in Burgundy Bresse. The church was built in the mid-twelfth century by the Benedictine monks of St. Marcel de Cluny, and was originally a parish church. The building was ravaged by a fire in the sixteenth century, requiring to be heavily rebuilt in the nineteenth century, when the facade and octagonal bell tower were renovated and the slate roof replaced by lighter bricks.
The three-ship nave was revived and almost entirely rebuilt, but the transept and the choir are were retained. The ancient walls of the nave have windows and a carved heads. The choir includes an apse and two apsidioles, one of which houses a classified polychrome wooden statue of a Virgin of Pity, dated from the late fifteenth century.
