COLLEGIALE SAINT-PIERRE-LA-COURTYARD
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A fascinating look at the eventful history of the Collegiate Church of Le Mans, guardian of the relics of Saint Scholastica.
The Collégiale was originally a seigniorial chapel belonging to the Counts of Maine, built in the 10th century to house the relics of Saint Scholastica, patron saint of Le Mans. Enlarged in the 11th century, it was restored by Henry II Plantagenet, who added a bell tower. A new choir was built around the middle of the 13th century, but the Hundred Years' War slowed construction and forced the building to be fortified. Closed during the French Revolution, the Collegiate Church was converted into a school in 1835, then became a museum of archaeology from 1903 to 1939. During the 19th century, it lost its bell tower and several of the nave's Romanesque bays. What remains today is the lower church of the former collegiate church of Notre-Dame-sous-Terre.
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