Église Saint-Léon

English translation

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History

Church of asymmetrical composition comprising a nave terminated by a square choir without transept, flanked on the left by four chapels perpendicular to the axis of the great nave, whilst on the right are aligned in succession a porch, a chapel, a bell tower and a modern sacristy. The gables of the four chapels are pierced, at the centre, by large mullioned openings and by gables decorated with crockets. The stepped bell tower is terminated by a slate spire and surmounts a heavy square granite surround. In the interior, the north wall of the nave is supported by four arcatures in the form of a pointed arch resting on short squat columns. The nave is covered by a wooden vault of ogival form, resting on exposed ceiling joists placed on the lateral walls of the nave.