Église Sainte-Croix
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The Église Sainte-Croix ("Church of the Holy Cross") is an abbey church in Bordeaux, southern France.
It is annexed to a Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, and was built in the late 11th-early 12th centuries. The façade is in Romanesque 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. The notable organ is from the 18th century.
The church was restored by Paul Abadie in the 19th century. The former Benedictine convent is now home to the École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux
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