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History

Characteristic of buildings to which each period has added what was functionally necessary, the church, of Romanesque origin, presents internally a composite appearance. In the 11th century, the family of Beaumont who held its patronage, relinquished that right in favour of the canons of the cathedral of Le Puy who made a donation of it shortly after to the priory of Chamalières. The wall of the apse preserves a certain number of sculpted elements, of reuse, notably Gallo-Roman fragments as well as sculpted stones representing animals. Romanesque capitals in the apse, with foliage and crockets. In the 15th century, the church was probably enlarged by the addition of lateral Gothic chapels on either side of the nave. In the 17th century, important works were carried out with the construction of the porch tower dated 1654, and probably the replacement of the vault of the nave and the construction of the dome above the crossing of the transept. In 1751, installation of the pulpit and the stalls. The stained-glass windows of the north wall are signed Borie, master glazier at Le Puy, and date from the beginning of the 20th century. The crossing of the transept is surmounted by a dome.