Parish Church, Roquebrun Photo

Photographer’s Note

The parish church of Saint Andre in Roquebrun, Hérault.

Built in the twelfth century, in the middle of the Romanesque period, the church was primarily a chapel, which adjoined the village's castle, which has since disappeared, leaving only the tower.

In the eighteenth century, following a flood, the parish church of Saint-Jean-l'Evangeliste was washed away by flood waters, and the chapel is thus transformed into the parish church. To accomplish this, the small Romanesque building becomes the transept of the new church, which faces north. The wall-like Romanesque bell tower became one of the façades of the church as you can still see.

In the nineteenth century, the interior was refurbished with the construction of the ceiling, the installation of liturgical furniture and a very splendid marble doorway. Unfortunately, the church was locked when I visited and I was unable to go inside.

The church has been restored in recent years.

The above information was extracted and freely translated from the French on the following web site: http://baetlanguedoc.blog50.com

The picture is a stitch of two photographs.

mikolaj_kawa, rodgerg, amaryllis, ChrisJ, jlbrthnn, asajernigan, Charo, dareco, Pitoncle, robjol, COSTANTINO has marked this note useful

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mikolaj_kawa (29933) 2008-08-24 1:01

Hello Stephen! Very interesting architecture. Nice lightness. Very good sharpness. Original composition. Good shot. Well done!

rodgerg (23849) 2008-08-24 1:13

Hello Stephen,

A nice church with an intersting and original architecture. Your POV is very well selected and the composition, with the way and the flowers, ise well balanced. A good work.
Best regards,
Roger

amaryllis (17381) 2008-08-24 1:29

Bonjour,
un POV sublime pour cette prise de cette église massive et de belle pierre avec ces arbres en fleurs en plus, des couleurs superbes et belle luminosité, un bel assemblage (que je n'ai pas encore essayé)
bon dimanche
juliette

ChrisJ (70125) 2008-08-24 2:06

Hi Stephen

I like the symmetry between the 3 diagonal lines of the 2 roofs & retaining wall. Good sharpness, colour & lighting. Nice colour contrasts between the pink magenta, & green. Well done!

jlbrthnn (37749) 2008-08-24 2:07

Bonjour Stephen,
Beau cadrage et jolie point de vue. Belle composition fleurie, un beau témoignage de ce village.
Bon dimanche
Cordialement
Joël

Sanderson-Brown (1697) 2008-08-24 2:15

Hi Stephen,
talking about architecture growing out of its environment, this is wonderful, the blending colours and the sweet simplicity.
The angel is great capturing the church in shadow yet the flowers in the sunlight. works for me!
tfs
regards
paul

Nicou (44641) 2008-08-24 2:35

Hello,

Quel de belles fleurs de buisson devant cette mangigique églsie, avec ce mur, elle est très bien mise en valeur, couleurs très douce sur les pierres, suberbe.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

Gustaw (21670) 2008-08-24 3:51

Hi, my friend!
And next interesting photo about old architecture. I like your stones church architecture. Good composition. Well done.
Marek

jurek1951 (25930) 2008-08-24 4:25

Hi Stephen,
Great POV and DOF, awesome colors of this beautiful church,excellent composition.
Georg

asajernigan (14090) 2008-08-24 6:42

Stephen,
This is a well composed shot! You managed to get good results under harsh light condition. I think that a polarizing filter would have helped here to give even more vibrant colors. The low perspective is fine looking up at the church which gives the shot nice depth and direction.
TFS,
Asa

Fis2 (45687) 2008-08-24 7:09

Witaj Stephen!
Very interesting church, curious architecture. Good frame and nice colours. Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

Charo (31665) 2008-08-24 8:35

Salut Stephen,
Superbe vue et très bonne en dépit des conditions d'éclairage. J'aime bien ces couvertures de fleurs qui donnent vie et couleur à la pierre.
Pour passer un bon dimanche.
Amitiés,
Charo

dareco (17104) 2008-08-24 20:05

I really like the angle you have taken this from, with the flowers in the fg. The colors look really nice against the stone. A very beautiful old church once again. TFS and have a great day!

Pitoncle (3743) 2008-08-24 23:19

Bonjour Stephen,
Un bon angle de prise de vue donnant des résultats corrects sur l'élévation de ce splendide édifice ; la lumière semble difficile à exploiter.
A bientôt sur TE pour de nouvelles aventures.
Gérard

robjol (2047) 2008-08-25 0:39 [Comment]

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COSTANTINO (22601) 2008-08-27 11:04

Hello STEPHEN,
a simplephoto with a beautiful church and many
architectural details involved...the flowers
give a special tone to the whole scenery,
thanks for sharing your useful notes and information that the church has been restored in recent years,bravo for this because it is pity for the old buildings to remain
destroyed..
regards and compliments Costantino

MarcT (21097) 2008-09-02 22:16

Salut Stephen,
Voilà bien une de ces petites merveilles dont la France a le secret. Une belle église dans une petite bourgade très agréable.
Amitiés
Marc