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Official launch in the Open Church network
We are pleased to invite you to the launch of our membership of the European network of Open Churches.
Under the impetus of the Association for the Restoration and Development of the Church of Saint Marcouf, this membership will enable us to make the richness of our heritage better known.
On Saturday 26 March at 11am, in the presence of the inhabitants of Saint Marcouf, personalities and the press, we will officially launch this membership, which is one of the first in the Calvados Department.
We would be very pleased if you could join us for this event, which will end with a friendly drink.
To facilitate the organisation of the event, we would be grateful if you could inform us of your presence by e-mail at : contact@eglise-saint-marcouf.org
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Saint Marcouf
In the middle of the countryside, at the gateway to the Bessin marshes, stands the church of Saint Marcouf, a charming little building with Romanesque origins.
Built as early as the 11th century, as can still be seen from the exterior walls of the chancel and nave, which are built in the so-called fish-bone bond, the parish church was originally a pilgrimage chapel dedicated to Saint Marcouf.
The church's large open doors, set in the middle of nature, are an invitation to enter and discover its wonders, from the superb 14th-century frescoes to the original 18th-century altarpiece, not forgetting the various representations of Saint Marcouf and the charming eagle-lutrin.
The bell tower was rebuilt in the neo-Romanesque style in the second half of the 19th century, inspired by those of Saint-Loup-Hors and Huppain. As you pass beneath the portal, look up to admire the beak-heads biting the edge of the arch, a very common motif in the region during the Romanesque period.
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