Église Saint-Sardos

English translation

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History

In the 12th century, the priory of Saint-Sardos was dependent on the abbey of Sarlat. A bastide rose up around the monastery. During the conflicts of the 14th to 16th centuries, the priory and its church were devastated and partly ruined. The church consisted of a nave flanked by two aisles and three oriented apses. It was replaced, in the course of the 19th century, by a new building, into which ancient parts were incorporated, such as the portal. The building preserves carved capitals (original Fall). The Romanesque portal opens to the north, in a tower of two storeys, raised to serve as a bell tower. Four columns decorate the recessed uprights. One of the capitals is decorated with foliage; the other three are historiated. Four tori separated by gorges make up the round arch archivolts. A band loaded with palmettes corresponds to the abaci. The tympanum is formed of a lintel at the centre of which rests a stone which rises up to the keys of the arches. These two stones are loaded with interlace and rinceaux. Two triangles have been decorated with paintings executed in ochre on the bare stone, representing waders pecking at flowers placed in vases. These compositions may date from the 15th or 16th century.