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The nave is three bays long, covered with a barrel vault, and has side aisles. It has no clerestory. There is no transept (no architectural unit placed crosswise on the nave), and therefore no crossing. Nave and choir apse are separated by the bay under the east tower. Carrying the tower, that bay is clearly different from the bays of the nave. It has a octagonal dome on squinches, with a drum with little windows. The side aisles of the nave run alongside the bay under the tower.
The chapels on the north and south side, contructed against the aisles, are later additions.
On the capital a couple, a bird -probably an eagle- and a tree. The woman has her hair woven into a cord of two strands. The two strands cord could refer to unity. The sacramental unity of a married couple (perhaps underlined by the eagle), and at the same time physical unity and procreation (perhaps underlined by the tree of life).
A single nave church. There is no transept, but a strong bay between nave and choir apse, on which the tower stands. This tower bay functions as the choir bay before the apse. The chapel on the south side of the nave is a Gothic addition.
A single nave church. There is no transept, but a tower between nave and choir apse. The bay under the tower has a barrel vault and no dome. The step indicates the sanctuary.
The tower is constructed on thick transverse arches. The one on the side of the nave is part of the partition wall.
Église du Vieux Lugo, Lugos, Gironde, France.
Église Saint Michel, style
roman, construction XIe et XVe siècles.
Église du Vieux Lugo, Lugos, Gironde, France.
Église Saint Michel, style
roman, construction XIe et XVe siècles.
Église du Vieux Lugo, Lugos, Gironde, France.
Église Saint Michel, style
roman, construction XIe et XVe siècles.
Église du Vieux Lugo, Lugos, Gironde, France.
Église Saint Michel, style
roman, construction XIe et XVe siècles.
