Église Sainte-Petronille / Church of Saint Petronilla (La Pernelle, Normandy)
N 49° 37.143 W 001° 17.914
30U E 622894 N 5497666
Small but beautiful stone Church of Saint Petronilla (Église Sainte-Petronille), located on a tiny hill in village La Pernelle, is from a far visible architectural dominant of this picturesque part of Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy...
Waymark Code: WM89XF
Location: Normandie, France
Date Posted: 02/24/2010
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Stone Church of Saint Petronilla (Église Sainte-Petronille), located on a tiny hill in village La Pernelle, is from a far visible architectural dominant of this picturesque part of Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy.
The Romaneque-Gothic Church of Saint Petronilla (built in XIth century and rebuilt in XVth century) was heavily damaged during the Second World War and only the belfry remained intact from the original medieval structure. Thanks to its for Cotentin unusually high elevation (102 m a.s.l.), the village La Pernelle has been transformed into a Garman fortress and suffered from numerous Allied air-raids. After war was church completely reconstructed, so its interior is, therefore, quite modern...
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