page_title: Souvigny Priory
section_title: Priory church
hierarchical_section_title: Souvigny Priory / Architecture / Priory church
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Souvigny Abteikirche Westfassade
context_page_description: Souvigny Priory, in the commune of Souvigny, Allier, France, in the centre of the old province of the Bourbonnais, was formerly a Cluniac priory, of which the church remains in operation.
context_section_description: The imposing priory church is part Romanesque and part Gothic. The structure is Romanesque but the vaulting is Gothic. The west front was reconstructed in the Gothic period while retaining the two Romanesque belltowers on top of it. This priory, because it was owned by the powerful Cluny Abbey, made it possible for the Burgundian style to develop in the numerous Romanesque churches of the Souvigny region.
  The church measures 84 metres in length; the vaulted roof is 17 metres high at its highest point.
  A carved Romanesque pillar was discovered in the church depicting a calendar with the farming works of each month, known as the "Zodiac of Souvigny".
caption: Priory church
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