Place:Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, Calvados, France

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NameSaint-Pierre-sur-Dives
Alt namesCarelsource: Family History Library Catalog
Donvillesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCommune
Coordinates49.017°N 0.033°W
Located inCalvados, France
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives (literally Saint-Pierre on Dives) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Pierre-en-Auge.

The abbey church was rebuilt during the 12th and 13th centuries and restored and modified in the 16th and 17th centuries, replacing the former abbey church built in 1011 by William the Conqueror's aunt, Countess Lesceline. The church was entirely restored in the 16th century. By that time it got its general current appearance: a long main nave with two aisles and five radiating chapels, in the Gothic style.

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