Église Saint-Esprit

English translation

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History

At the end of the 12th century, the order of Saint-Jean de Jérusalem established itself in the future Saint-Esprit quarter and implanted there a priory-hospital. In 1483, Louis XI, in recognition of diplomatic services rendered by the prior, founded a collegiate chapter at Saint-Esprit and granted it endowments which allowed the reconstruction of the buildings. The chapter was dissolved at the Revolution and the church, having become parochial, was restored and enlarged in the course of the 19th century by the architect Emile Loupot. The building presents itself as a rectangular building with a western porch tower preceded by a porch. The nave opens onto a choir vaulted in the flamboyant Gothic style with liernes, tiercerons and sculptural decoration. Certain elements display an Antique influence, reinforcing the proposition of dating to the 16th century rather than the end of the 15th. This building, heavily remodelled in the 16th century, has nevertheless retained elements of the primitive building (flat chevet, 13th-century stained glass, western porch tower). In the 19th century, realisation of the western organ gallery, addition of an aisle on the south flank and construction of the western porch with columns with neo-Romanesque capitals.