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Photos: Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire Abbey, Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire

This gallery of 122 photos accompanies our article on Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire Abbey in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Centre, France. This attractive and important Romanesque church on the Loire River has been a major place of pilgrimage since 673, when the relics of St. Benedict were brought here from Montecassino. All photos marked © Sacred Destinations are available for licensing. Click any image to enlarge, or just start at the beginning for a virtual tour!


Floor Plan
Cross-Section
Cross-Section
View from East
Tour de Gauzlin
Tour de Gauzlin
Tour de Gauzlin from Northwest
Tour de Gauzlin from Northwest
Tour de Gauzlin from Northwest
Tour de Gauzlin
Inside the Tour de Gauzlin
Narthex Capital: Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Narthex Capital: Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Narthex Capital: Letters to the Seven Churches
Narthex Capital: Letters to the Seven Churches
Narthex Capital: St. John's Vision
Narthex Capital: St. John's Vision
Narthex Capital: St. John Receives a Book
Narthex Capital: Glorification of St. Martin
Narthex Capital: Glorification of St. Martin
Narthex Capital: Flight into Egypt
Narthex Capital: Flight into Egypt
Narthex Capital: Strangled by Snakes
Narthex Capital: Strangled by Snakes
Narthex Capital: Strangled by Snakes
Narthex Capital: Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Narthex Capital: Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Narthex Capital: Lions and Dancing?
Narthex Capital: Lions and Dancing? (Detail)
Narthex Capital: Lions and Dancing? (Detail)
Narthex Capital: Lions and Dancing? (Detail)
Narthex Capital: Flight into Egypt
Narthex Capital: Visitation
Narthex Capital: Annunciation
Narthex Capital: Visitation
Narthex Capital: Unknown Figures
Narthex Capital: Christ Blessing
Narthex Capital: Lions and Humans
Narthex Capital: Lions and Humans
Narthex Capital: Strangled by Snakes
Narthex Capital: Acrobat
Narthex Capital: Doubting Thomas
Narthex Capital: Man with a Mask?
Narthex Capital: Bears?
Romanesque Frieze: Glorification of St. Stephen
Romanesque Frieze: Stoning of St. Stephen
Romanesque Frieze
Romanesque Frieze: Hunting
Romanesque Frieze: Hunting
Romanesque Frieze: Animals
Romanesque Frieze
North Portal
North Portal: Tympanum
North Portal Tympanum
North Portal Tympanum: John the Evangelist
North Portal Tympanum: St. Mark the Evangelist
North Portal Tympanum: St. Matthew the Evangelist
North Portal Tympanum: St. Luke the Evangelist
North Portal: Finding the Relics of St. Benedict
North Portal: Finding the Relics of St. Benedict
North Portal: Finding the Relics of St. Benedict
North Portal: Miracles of St. Benedict's Relics
North Portal: Miracles of St. Benedict's Relics
North Portal: Miracles of St. Benedict's Relics (Detail)
North Portal: Miracles of St. Benedict's Relics
North Portal: The Relics of St. Benedict
North Portal: The Relics of St. Benedict
North Portal
North Portal: Apostle
North Portal: Abraham and Isaac
North Portal: Abraham and Isaac (Detail)
North Portal: St. Peter
North Portal: St. Paul
North Portal: Apostle
North Portal: Apostle
North Portal: Apostle
North Portal: Apostle
North Portal: Angel
North Portal: Angel
Nave Looking East
Nave Looking East
Nave Looking East
Nave Looking East
Nave Looking East
Nave Looking West
North Aisle Looking West
North Aisle Looking West
Choir Stalls (1413)
Choir Stalls (1413)
Nave Looking East
Transept Crossing Looking Northeast
North Transept
Apsidal Chapels in North Transept
North Aisle from Transept
Sanctuary
Sanctuary with Tomb of Philip I (d. 1108)
Sanctuary with Tomb of Philip I (d. 1108)
Sanctuary with Tomb of Philip I (d. 1108)
Tomb of Philip I (d. 1108)
Roman Mosaic Pavement: Sun Discs
Roman Mosaic Pavement: Sun
Roman Mosaic Pavement
Choir Capital: St. Benedict in the Cave
Choir Capital: St. Benedict in the Cave
Choir Capital: St. Benedict and the Thornbush
Choir Capital: St. Benedict and the Thornbush
Choir Capital: The Gardener's Son
Choir Capital: Hugo and Cleopas Miles
Choir Capital: Daniel in the Lions' Den
Choir Capital: Daniel in the Lions' Den
Choir Capital: Mother of God
Choir Capital: Adam and Eve
Choir Capital: Adam?
Triforium Capitals
Crypt
Reliquary of St. Benedict
Unfinished Portal Sculptures
Our Lady of Fatima
Tabernacle
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire
Village Cat
Village Cat



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