The Saint Maurice basilica of Épinal was built in the 11th century on the foundations of an older building. Romanesque style, it is remodeled and enlarged from the thirteenth, aisles being added on both sides of the nave. At this time also, the choir is rebuilt, and a new portal overlooking the city is built in the north wall of the nave.
First abbey dedicated to Saint Goëry whose relics with miraculous virtues are then the subject of pilgrimages, it is still in the thirteenth century that it becomes the seat of a chapter of canonesses and that it is dedicated to St. Mauritius.
Featuring a singular 30 m high belfry tower, its material, the pink sandstone of the Vosges, its mixture of styles (at the hinge between Romanesque and Gothic), its dimensions (the nave is 14 m high), its grandstands served by stairs in turrets visible from the outside, also amaze the visitor.
Inside still, we can admire a painting by Nicolas Bellot depicting the Passion (XVII), the necropolis where the old canonesses, reliquaries.
References:The Clementinum is a historic complex of buildings in Prague. Until recently the complex hosted the National, University and Technical libraries, the City Library also being located nearby on Mariánské Náměstí. The Technical library and the Municipal library have moved to the Prague National Technical Library at Technická 6 since 2009. It is currently in use as the National Library of the Czech Republic.
Its history dates from the existence of a chapel dedicated to Saint Clement in the 11th century. A Dominican monastery was founded in the medieval period, which was transformed in 1556 to a Jesuit college. In 1622 the Jesuits transferred the library of Charles University to the Klementinum, and the college was merged with the University in 1654. The Jesuits remained until 1773, when the Klementinum was established as an observatory, library, and university by the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.