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SAINT-AVENTIN - a pure Romanesque Church in the Pyrenees

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This is one of the most beautiful pure Romanesque Churches (11th - 12th cent.) of the Central Pyrenees. - Our fragmentary captions show that still today, many aspects are little known

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  • This place is amazing. thanks for sharing.

    said  of catroslin catroslin 6 months 6 days ago

  • Hi Kaeti Thank you for visiting my Antarctica album, and for your very nice comments on the pictures.Yes. The picture of the penguin on the iceberg was taken from the ship that was our home for 18 days. I did enter the picture of myself under the "Bird bick shaped rock" into the scale CC. The picture was taken in Kangaroo Island South Australia. I like very much your album of the Pyrenees. I am planing a trip there this fall. Where exactly is this church? Regards Nurit

    said  of nuritp nuritp 2008.07.27 at 08:37:15 PDT

  • Beautiful album with gorgeous photos!! Thank you for the trip!!!

    said  of wertyas wertyas 2008.04.30 at 03:54:01 PDT

  • Hallo Heinz und Kaethi, dies ist so ein wundervolles und sehr informatives Album. Ich habe mir diese Bilder mit sehr viel Freude angeschaut. Diese Kirche ist sehr schoen, und ich mag vor allem dass ihr die Einzelheiten so schoen ins Bild gebracht habt. Danke, auch fuer die nette Eintragungen im Gaestebuch vom Iceland-3 Album. Wir hoffen noch einmal nach Iceland zurueck zu kehren, aber ob uns das gelingen wird mit die viele Tiere die wir haben? Bin mir da nicht so sicher. Liebe Gruesse, Els

    said  of evanwely evanwely 2007.07.31 at 03:58:58 PDT

  • Quel album interessant, quel tresor que cette petite eglise romane! On pourrait certainement lui consacrer un livre entier. Que d'histoires et d'Histoire elle aura vecu... Esperons qu'elle sera bien conservee et qu'une restauration delicate saura lui restituer ses splendides fresques. Merci pour ce beau reportage! Herzlich, Barbara

    said  of sgeoer sgeoer 2007.07.24 at 09:02:23 PDT

  • Dear Kaethi and Henri, I enjoyed viewing the slideshow. Great building and the details! Thanks for sharing. Love and hugs from Brazil. Lety

    said  of letymr letymr 2007.07.13 at 00:55:34 PDT

  • Hello Kaethi and Heinz, thank you for this lovely album. I especially enjoy all the detail of the wonderful architecture. Cheers! Carole

    said  of deangeliaz deangeliaz 2007.07.12 at 07:11:58 PDT

  • Hi Kaethi & Henri. What a beautiful ancient church begun around the time of St. Augustine? It was so interesting to see centuries of architecture and art built in to this church. Thank you for sharing this amazing piece of history in so much detail. Wonderful photos and album. Best wishes and thank you for stopping by my album for a visit as well. Oh, I didn't have to cross the log bridge either lol. Ray

    said  of rrayr55 rrayr55 2007.07.09 at 15:35:12 PDT

  • Liebe Kaethi, lieber Heinz! Danke fuer die wunderbaren Fotos in diesem Album. Es ist eine schoene Erinnerung fuer Euch. Liebevolle Details habt Ihr mit der Kamera festgehalten. Es war eine Freude fuer mich, mir diese Bilder anzuschauen. Ein schoenes Wochenende, Christine.

    said  of tine53 tine53 2007.07.06 at 06:34:44 PDT

  • Hi Kaethi and Henri, It has been such a pleasurable journey watching the slideshow of this album. I was certainly taken back in the Roman times enjoying both the inside and outside architecture and sculptures and paintings. I have been very busy at work in the tourist industry here in Niagara Falls and will continue until September. Thank you very much for sharing such historic moments with us. Hoping that you are both keeping well. Regards from Paul in Canada.

    said  of paulchaperon100 paulchaperon100 2007.07.03 at 20:38:23 PDT

  • Hi Kaethi and Henri, I love classical architecture and I love these ancient churches and cathedrals. I particularly like Romanesque exteriors, especially when (like in this case) photographed against that brilliant alpine sky. Interiors, however I find a bit dark even when compared to their gothic cousins. You, however, have not had such problems when photographing these interiors. You have done a beautiful job showing us this classic masterpiece which I hope will endure for centuries more to come. Best wishes from Florida, Paul. P.S. Thank you for your very kind words on my Grad Teton album. I love the place and I hope my pictures show that.

    said  of paul_fernandez paul_fernandez 2007.07.03 at 18:37:18 PDT

  • Bonjour mes amours! Quel plaisir de voyager en votre compagnie et de pouvoir admirer ces vestiges du passe! Le style roman de cette cathedrale a souleve chez moi bien des questions. Quelle sorte de pierres a pu supporter 10 siecles d'intemperies et rester debout aussi longtemps? Quelles substances etaient utilisees pour peindre ces grandes fresques? Je vais surement faire une recherche sur Internet pour en savoir davantage. Quel album merveilleux vous avez fait et comme c'est gentil de nous faire partager vos decouvertes par d'aussi bonnes photos! J'espere que vous allez bien tous les deux et que vous n'eprouvez pas de problemes de sante? Je veux aussi vous remercier de tous les petits messages reconfortants que vous laissez dans mes albums et qui me font si chaud au coeur! Au revoir chers amis et a bientot! Huguette

    said  of huguette296100 huguette296100 2007.07.02 at 18:57:57 PDT

  • Hello Kaethi & Heinz. Thank you so much for the kind words in Grandchildren's Album Part 2. Youare so right, they are growing up so fast. I will come back to see this wonderful album. when I figure it out, how to use it. To me W/S has confused me. Best Wishes. Ray and Eileen (UK)

    said  of viking153 viking153 2007.07.01 at 01:55:40 PDT

  • Hello Kaethi and Henri,a very beautiful ancient church and a wonderful album of images from it,most interesting and beautiful photographs,thanks for sharing them and for your kind comment on my Lake District album,Regards,Rod.

    said  of chrisrod100 chrisrod100 2007.06.29 at 04:01:57 PDT

  • Interesting album! Thanks for sharing.

    said  of lovejoy lovejoy 2007.06.23 at 17:49:53 PDT

  • Mes Chers amis Heinz et Kaethi. Un lieu merveilleux pour sentir la nature et en meme temps jouir de l'art roman, si riche dans la culture des les Pyrenees. Merci par repartir les choses simples et belles qui sont patrimoine de l'humanite. En particulier je pense que l'art roman est tres beau, mais les meilleures oeuvres d'art sont ces que prennent naissance du coeur des personnes bonnes, comme par exemple de mes aimes amis Heinz et Kaethi. Une etreinte. Jesus

    said  of raijomayo100 raijomayo100 2007.06.23 at 11:45:01 PDT

  • This church might be old but it's also a very beautiful one and considering the time that passed since it was built and decorated, it's in a good condition. I enjoyed visiting another beautiful album that you share with us. Thanks! Take care, Yair.

    said  of ykarelic4 ykarelic4 2007.06.21 at 06:07:58 PDT

  • I really enjoyed this interesting ,and excellently photographed,series of pictures!

    said  of bcarver104 bcarver104 2007.06.20 at 14:34:21 PDT

  • This is a really beautiful collection... Greetings Tim GREENLAND : )

    said  of inuit1963 inuit1963 2007.06.20 at 06:14:29 PDT

  • Hello Heinz und Kaethi, I like old french villages like Saint Aventin very much. It is situated in one of the most beautiful parts of France. The church is very special, very old. It survived many ages. It is remarkable that it shows so much wonderful and old details from which the meaning is not always clear. Intriguing. You captured them very well. I hope to see a lot more of this french heritage... Salutations, Tjebbe

    said  of oomt oomt 2007.06.19 at 14:56:41 PDT

  • HI HENRI AND KAETHI, WHAT A WONDERFULL ALUM YOU HAVE HERE VERY ENJOYABLE TO VEIW, I LOVE THE CHURCHES WITH SO MUCH CHARACTORAND HISTORY. KIND REGARDS SANDRA

    said  of knuzdenwitch knuzdenwitch 2007.06.19 at 11:58:08 PDT

  • Einen schoenen guten Morgen, liebes Käthi, lieber Heinz, mit dem Besuch in diesem neuen Album, konnte ich meine Reise durch die Pyrenaen weiter vertiefen. Vielen Dank, fuer diese schoenen Aufnahmen einer zauberhaften Kirche, an einem ebensolchen Ort. Mit liebsten Gruessen, bisous, Evi

    said  of eveline193 eveline193 2007.06.18 at 22:21:42 PDT

  • Dear Kaethi and Henri ~~ Yet another wonderful tour! Too bad so much of the art is lost to time; it would probably be a major undertaking to restore it all. You might be interested to know that this week's photos at http://www.todayismygifttoyou.ie/ are from Lourdes. Love and Hugs to you both ~~ Nancy

    said  of clickspics clickspics 2007.06.18 at 09:00:37 PDT

  • Hi Kaethi and Heinz...Very nice to see a church album on a Sunday. It is an ornate church and when I see all the carvings and drawings and representations I wonder how it looked when it was new and how people must have enjoyed this beauty back then. Our church has wonderful wood carvings and many other things that I love to see. hugs and love, Barbara

    said  of midnightlace2 midnightlace2 2007.06.17 at 08:55:09 PDT

  • I meant to write my longer message here, but got it in the first photo! :-) Hugs and love, Sharon

    said  of photoop23 photoop23 2007.06.17 at 05:51:02 PDT

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