Église paroissiale Saint-Mathieu

English translation

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History

The church, from the 12th century, is of irregular plan derived from the Latin cross. A north aisle appears to have been added in the 17th century, then a south chapel in the 19th. Choir with one bay under a barlong dome articulated with a vaulted apse in cul-de-four. Each bay of the nave is organized in an original fashion in two paired round arches with external springings on pilasters, with internal springings on a circular column originally engaged in the gutter wall. When the aisles were added, these columns became independent but doubled by a lower and slightly off-centre arch. Inside, the decoration is concentrated on the figured corbels of the dome pendentives, the figured capitals and pseudo-vegetative decoration of the apse, the repeated ornamental motifs, the besants on the dado.