Les Andelys, Château Gaillard

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Begun ca. 1196

Geographic Coordinates:

Latitude: 49.238045000000
Longitude: 1.403070000000

Sculptural Program

The north transept portal at Saint Denis, also known as the Porte des Valois, is an achievement of another great era of Gothic sculpture. It also depicts the martyrdom of Saint Dionysius and his two companions, with their imprisonment and last communion in the lintel, and their martyrdom by beheading in the tympanum. The three bands of voussoirs show standing kings. The trumeau is a Virgin and Child, and the jamb figures are, to the left, Old Testament kings, and to the right Old Testament prophets.

Bibliography

Château Gaillard, etudes des castellologie européene. I colloque des Andelys, 30 mai 4 juin 1962, Caen, 1964
Coutil, L., Les monuments des Andelys. Le Château Gaillard (4.ed) Le château de Gaillon, Caen, 1924
----, La ville des Andelys et ses environs à travers les âges, Les Andelys Briard, 1942
Dieulafoy, M., Le Château gaillard et l'architecture militaire au XIIIe siècles, Paris, 1898"Eure- Les Andelys- Château-Gaillard: recherches historiques et archéologiques, 1991-2000," Bulletin Monumental, vol. 159:4, 2001, pp 322-326
Héliot, P., "Le Château gaillard et l'architecture des XIIe et XIIIe siècles," Château Gaillard I, 1962, pp 53-75
Mesqui, J., "À propos de Château-Gaillard: Deux articles récents," Bulletin Monumental, vol. 161:4, 2003, pp 363