This is the bell tower on the abbey church in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, seen from the street below. We parked the car and took a little walk around the abbey complex. Dogs are allowed on the grounds, but we didn't go into the church or cloister since we were on our way to another place. We did, however, take a short walk around the complex, but not far enough away to get more of it in a photo.
The imposing bell tower on the romanesque church of St.-Amant-de-Boixe.
The abbey was completed in the fifteenth century and has been, according to Wikipedia, extensively restored. In fact, the day we saw it, there was scaffolding over a portion of the church and adjoining buildings. Restoration and maintenance never end.
"Restoration and maintenance never end." Doesn't it just....
ReplyDeleteit is impossible to get a photo of York Minster without scaffolding in the shot.
Except on the occasion Her Majesty paid a visit...
then, suddenly all the scaffolding vanished...
and for a fortnight either side of Her visit, photographers from everywhere visited just to photograph the Minster....
almost like twitchers flock to the point of a rare bird sighting!
This belltoower is magnificent. I have been wondering how Boixe is pronounced. Is it Boikse or Boisse?
ReplyDeleteOh, now, chm, that's a good question... I'd like to know the pronunciation, too.
ReplyDeleteIt is an intriguing thought: when does something become too old it is beyond repair?
ReplyDeletetim, that must cost a lot of money...
ReplyDeletechm, it's unclear. Ken found both pronunciations on the internet.
judy, I think there were more pronunciations that rhymed with "box" than the other. Not sure...
Yes, but the rate payers of York would have footed the bill!
DeleteThe architecture is so “substantial.”
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