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Origin and history

The Church of St. Croix of Angles-sur-l'Anglin is the only surviving span of an ancient abbey church, destroyed around 1835. This building belonged to an abbey founded at the end of the 11th century by Isenbert I, Bishop of Poitiers. The building of the church began in 1175, with a dedication in 1192 in a Poitevin Romanesque style. Originally, she presented a Latin cross plan, including a nave of two spans, a transept with chapels, and a choir.

The western facade, very regular, has a main gate framed by two false portals, topped by grooved windows and a pierced pediment. Ornaments include hooked capitals and foliage garlands. In the 19th century, the church was reduced to a single span, with the addition of a broken arch window to the bottom wall. The original vaults, in cradle or full hanger, were replaced by a wooden frame.

The bedside, the transept and part of the nave were destroyed when a bridge was built and its route of access in the 19th century. Today, only a span of the nave and the western facade remain, classified as Historic Monument in 1926. Conventual buildings, poorly known, probably disappeared. The western facade has been protected since 1926.

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