Saint-Avit-Sénieur
Saint-Avit-Sénieur (; ) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Avit-Sénieur
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 425
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Key facts
Article
22 sectionsContents
- Situation
- History
- Prehistory
- Middle Ages
- The legend of Avitus
- The first church
- The Route de Compostella and the new church
- Destruction of the buildings
- 12th or 13th centuries
- 16th century
- Recent history
- Places and monuments
- The church
- The primitive church
- The current church
- The outside
- The inside
- Ruins of the abbey
- Place du fort
- Population
- See also
- References
Saint-Avit-Sénieur (; ) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
The most notable feature of the village is a massive church from the end of the 11th and 12th century. Next to the church, an abbey has been erected to honour the hermit Avitus, who died in 570. Avitus gave his name to the abbey and the village.
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