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Stones in lights
Evening in honour of the Ukrainians
As part of Pierres en Lumières, the ARV Saint Marcouf is organising a vigil for the Ukrainians at 9pm on 21 May 2022. The theme is “Black Sea”.
An animation all in images and music proposed by Marie Hélène Fabra, artist, town councillor of Saint Marcouf du Rochy and vice-president of the ARV Saint Marcouf.
Illumination of the church by candlelight: please come with candles to experience the event.
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More information : https://www.eglise-saint-marcouf.org/evenements/
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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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