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Church of the Holy Cross, Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

Church of the Holy Cross, Bordeaux
Church of the Holy Cross, Bordeaux. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Church of the Holy Cross (Église Sainte-Croix) is a Roman Catholic church located in Bordeaux, southern France. It was formerly the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, and was built in the late 11th-early 12th centuries. The façade is in the Romanesque architectural style. The church has a nave and four aisles, a transept with apses on each arm, and a polygonal apse. The nave is 39 m long, while the apse is 15.30 m high. Its organ dates from the 18th century. In the 19th century, the church was renovated by Paul Abadie. The former Benedictine abbey now houses the École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux.

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