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Church of the Holy Cross, Bordeaux

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The Church of the Holy Cross (French: Église Sainte-Croix) is a Roman Catholic church located in Bordeaux, southern France.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.

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Church of the Holy Cross, Bordeaux
Place Pierre Renaudel, Bordeaux Saint-Michel

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Abbatiale Sainte-Croix

Place Pierre Renaudel
33800 Bordeaux, Saint-Michel
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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