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Fête de Saint-Marcouf
The feast of Saint Marcouf is the most important event in our town.
Saint Marcouf, evangeliser of the Cotentin region, born in Bayeux in 490, died in the arms of Saint Lô on 1 May 558.
We celebrate him with a mass celebrated by Brother Renaud from the abbey of Juaye-Mondaye followed by the traditional procession to the miraculous spring.
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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