Église Sainte-Croix d'Angles-sur-l'Anglin

This building is the only remaining bay of a former abbey church, destroyed around 1835. The original church belonged to an abbey founded in the late 11th century by Isenbert I, Bishop of Poitiers. The foundation stone was laid in 1175, and the church was dedicated in 1192. It was probably built in the Poitevin Romanesque style. It has a Latin cross floor plan and comprises a two-bay nave, a transept with two chapels and a choir. The facade has a very regular layout, with a main portal flanked by two smaller false portals; two long geminated windows above; a pediment pierced by two windows whose banisters form an acute angle at the bottom of which runs a cornice resting on modillions. The four voussoirs of the main portal are decorated with foliage and supported by hooked capitals. The edges of the