For many, the church of St Pierre d’Aulnay in Saintonge is the most successful masterpiece of Romanesque art in France. It was one of the main stops on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. We look at it as the pilgrims did in days gone by. Their joys, their sorrows, the legends they told each other, the dreams they had under the vaults, are brought to us by the voice of a young girl. At her call, the golden stones come to life. Under the caress of the sun, the shadows and the lights take on a wild race, the demons grimace and the monsters of the Bestiary of the East take on a mysterious life.