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Notre-Dame de Bagas Church is a Catholic church located in the Gironde department in New Aquitaine. It is distinguished by its complex architectural history, with elements dating from the 13th century, modifications to the 15th century, and the addition of a south side to the 17th century. His original plan seems to have been frighted, and she keeps carved capitals, some of which depict Bible scenes such as Daniel in the lions' den or David and Goliath. The frescoes of the thirteenth century, located in the choir and the nave, illustrate religious themes such as Saint Catherine or the seven capital sins. These paintings, particularly those of the apse representing Les Vertus and les Vices, led to a partial classification as historical monuments in 1961.

The building was included in the inventory of historical monuments by order of 3 October 1961, while its murals received a specific classification on 19 October 1961. The nave, covered with a wooden ceiling of the seventeenth century, and a Roman capital re-used as a blessing bear witness to the re-uses and transformations experienced over the centuries. The columns of the choir, decorated with "very rough" capitals with human figures, as well as the modifications of the choir wall in the 15th century, reflect the stylistic and liturgical evolutions of the period. The property of the church today belongs to the municipality of Bagas.

The sources available, including Monumentum and Wikipedia, underline the heritage importance of this site, both for its architecture and for its exceptional painted decor. The frescoes, rare examples of monumental medieval painting preserved in Gironde, offer an overview of artistic and religious practices of the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. The church, though modest in size, thus illustrates the dynamics of construction and decoration of rural churches in Aquitaine (now New Aquitaine) during the Middle Ages and modern times.

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