Église Saint-Baudile

English translation

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History

From Antiquity onwards, the territory of Noves is a place of passage. The current church is certainly situated on the site of a Roman place of worship and an early Christian chapel. In the 10th century, the village is grouped at the foot of the castle on the rock, but the church remains clearly outside the settlement. In the 14th century, new ramparts enclose the church. From the Romanesque church of the 12th century survives a semi-circular apse, followed by a crossing crowned with a dome supporting a bell tower and a nave with three bays vaulted with a broken barrel vault. The church is enlarged around 1430: two side aisles to the north and south of two bays each forming a transept, enlargement of the entrance door to the south. In the 17th century, construction of a western tribune and a sacristy to the south-east of the chevet. In the 18th century, chapels to the north and south extending the transept arms; the chapel of Saint-Baudile has woodwork encasing canvases representing episodes from the life of Saint-Baudile. This church presents characteristics of Provençal Romanesque: stone slab roof covering, broken barrel vault.