It was formerly the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, and was built in the late 11th-early 12th centuries. The façade is in the Romanesque architectural style.
The church has a nave and four aisles, a transept with apses on each arm, and a polygonal apse. The nave is 39 m long, while the apse is 15.30 m high. Its organ dates from the 18th century.
In the 19th century, the church was renovated by Paul Abadie. The former Benedictine abbey now houses the École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux [fr].
church, holy, cross, bordeaux, church, holy, cross, french, Église, sainte, croix, roman, catholic, church, located, bordeaux, southern, france, church, holy, crossÉglise, sainte, croixchurch, holy, crossreligionaffiliationroman, catholicregiongironderiteroman. The Church of the Holy Cross French Eglise Sainte Croix is a Roman Catholic church located in Bordeaux southern France 1 Church of the Holy CrossEglise Sainte CroixChurch of the Holy CrossReligionAffiliationRoman CatholicRegionGirondeRiteRoman RiteEcclesiastical or organizational statusParish churchStatusActiveLocationLocationBordeaux FranceGeographic coordinates44 49 52 N 0 33 40 W 44 83111 N 0 56111 W 44 83111 0 56111ArchitectureTypechurchGroundbreaking11th centuryCompleted19th centuryIt was formerly the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century and was built in the late 11th early 12th centuries The facade is in the Romanesque architectural style The church has a nave and four aisles a transept with apses on each arm and a polygonal apse The nave is 39 m long while the apse is 15 30 m high Its organ dates from the 18th century In the 19th century the church was renovated by Paul Abadie The former Benedictine abbey now houses the Ecole des beaux arts de Bordeaux fr Gallery edit nbsp Romanesque west portal nbsp West facade with blind arcades nbsp Expulsion from paradise nbsp Mary and Jesus nbsp Constantine s baptismSee also editPlantagenet style Bordeaux CathedralReferences edit William W Kibler Grover A Zinn eds 2017 Medieval France Taylor amp Francis p 136 ISBN 978 1 351 66566 7 Retrieved 26 September 2017 nbsp This article about a Roman Catholic church building in France is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a Christian monastery in France is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Church of the Holy Cross Bordeaux amp oldid 1192238731, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
