Paleo-Christian Site and Church Saint-Seurin - Bordeaux, France

The archaeological crypt of Saint-Seurin is one of the oldest Gallo-Roman and Merovingian sites in Bordeaux.  Archaeological digs carried out to the south of the church in 1910 uncovered a vast Christian necropolis, with tombs dating from the 4th to the 18th century. A funerary basilica and the source of Saint Seurin's remarkable influence, the crypt helps us better understand Bordeaux's Christian origins, through its frescoed tombs, sarcophagi and children's amphora sepultures.
Saint-Seurin Church (a historical Monument) includes a crypt (with Gallo-Roman comumns and capitals, and Merovingian marble sarcophagi)) and an 11th century porch.  The chevet, part of the transept, the first bay of the nave and side aisles, and the western bell tower were constructed in the 12th century, the rest of the nave, the right of the transept and the Sainte-Catherine chapel in the 13th and the south door and final bays of the side aisles in the 14th.  The western facade was restored in the 19th century. Inside the church are the 14th century stone Episcopal throne and a rerodos adorned with fourteen alabaster bas-reliefs depiciting the life of Saint Seurin.

Site paleochretien of Eglise Saint-Seurin
Place des Martyrs de la Resistance
33000 Bordeaux

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