Église Saint-Jean de Bonneville

English translation

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History

The church is said to have belonged to the order of Saint-Jean de Malte and been in the dependency of the commandery of Condat-sur-Vézère. The building consists of a nave, a choir, a polygonal chevet and, originally, two chapels forming a transept. The north gutter of the first bay is pierced with a door leading to a spiral staircase ascending to the bell tower. In the second bay, to the north, a 17th century baptistry follows the bell tower. On the western façade, a classical portal has been arranged, with a depressed pediment and two medallions with effaced busts, the whole surmounted by a niche with a statue. The angles of the chapel and the chevet were reinforced by large buttresses used in the early 20th century to pave neighbouring roads. To the north stands the bell tower, a square tower containing the spiral staircase ascending to the bell chamber.