General Information
| Status: | in use |
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Project Type
Location
| Location: |
Caen, Calvados (14), Normandy, France |
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| Coordinates: | 49° 10' 50" N 0° 21' 28" W |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The church of Saint-Jean de Caen is the parish church of the Saint-Jean district in Caen, France. It was classified as a historical monument in the list of French historic monuments protected in 1840.
The first place of worship, dedicated to the Apostle John, was founded in the seventh century on a Roman road crossing the marshes of the lower valley of the Orne. This axis, connecting Augustodurum (Bayeux) to Noviomagus Lexoviorum (Lisieux), later became rue Exmoisine, now rue Saint-Jean. In 1954-1956, monolithic sarcophagi made of Caen stone were discovered during work in the church. They testify to the probable existence of a small necropolis along the Roman road and an oratory founded nearby. Of this pre-Romanesque sanctuary, nothing remains.
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Relevant Publications
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse (Tome IV-B). Normandie. Robert Laffont, Paris (France), pp. 33-34.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20018402 - Published on:
09/11/2005 - Last updated on:
29/07/2014
