Building Name: | Church of the Holy Cross French: Église Sainte-Croix |
Location: | Bordeaux, France |
Geo: | 44.8311°N -0.5611°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Region: | Gironde |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Architecture: | yes |
Architecture Type: | church |
Groundbreaking: | 11th century |
Year Completed: | 19th century |
The Church of the Holy Cross (French: Église Sainte-Croix) is a Roman Catholic church located in Bordeaux, southern France.[1]
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 .