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Capital of the Fable of the Fox and the Stork – Saint-Pierre Church of Cozes

Capital of the Fable of the Fox and the Stork – Saint-Pierre Church of Cozes

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Capital of the Fable of the Fox and the Stork – Saint-Pierre Church of Cozes

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Location: Cozes, Saintes, New Aquitaine, France

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1. Tour de Cozes on the coast - with pump track deviation

43.1km

02:38

230m

220m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Boulevard du Marais – View of the La Roche cliff loop from Cozes

35.6km

02:16

200m

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3. Saint-Pierre Church of Cozes loop from Dandonneaux

33.6km

02:21

220m

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October 28, 2021

Originally dependent on the Augustan abbey of Mortagne-sur-Gironde, the church of Saint-Pierre de Cozes is now part of a group of bell towers: "Notre Dame de l'Estuaire".

This building erected in the 12th century was greatly altered over the following centuries: collapses, fires, destructions, reconstructions and enlargements followed one another, juxtaposing styles.

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January 20, 2023

This church, with few remains from the 12th century, was rebuilt in the 13th and 14th centuries, while the bell tower dates back to the 15th century. The façade was rebuilt around 1850.

The nave, divided into five bays, was once covered with a vault and collapsed in 1756, destroying a chapel and a beautiful portal. This single nave features very elegant windows adorned with richly decorated capitals on the north façade. The flat-bottomed apse is pierced by a semicircular triplet whose small columns bear beautiful 12th-century capitals with ribbed palmette motifs. The east face of the bell tower bears traces of the former location of the nave roof, which is approximately 7 meters higher, as evidenced by the height of the northern buttresses.

On the outside, on two capitals of the south wall, there is an illustration of the fable of the fox and the stork, an episode that can be found on the reused bas-relief decorating the facade of Saint-Symphorien de Crézac.

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Capital of the Fable of the Fox and the Stork – Saint-Pierre Church of Cozes

1. Tour de Cozes on the coast - with pump track deviation

2. Boulevard du Marais – View of the La Roche cliff loop from Cozes

3. Saint-Pierre Church of Cozes loop from Dandonneaux

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