Église Saint-André

English translation

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History

Romanesque building whose construction began in the 11th century. The nave and choir have a slightly trapezoidal plan. The two bays of the nave open, to the south, onto a more recent aisle; the second bay onto a Romanesque aisle, communicating to the East with a bay aisle of the choir, to the south of which is found the sacristy. The nave is covered by a pointed barrel vault; the choir by a round barrel vault. The triumphal arch, of round outline, received on chamfered impost blocks, is surmounted, on the nave side, by a thick horizontal cordon chamfered off. A pointed arch connects the choir with a bay aisle whose very high vault indicates that this bay was originally meant to be surmounted by a bell tower. South of the choir, a door opens onto the sacristy whose west wall presents a cupboard open under a round arch received on chamfered impost blocks: old Romanesque opening which originally allowed communication between the south aisles of the choir and of the nave, before the transformations. The bell tower, which was originally meant to rise on the bay north of the choir, was later replaced by a bell tower wall raised on the triumphal arch. It is pierced by a single round opening. Traces of an old lining are apparent to the north of the choir as well as on the façades of its northern aisle. The gable of the flat wall of the chevet is finished with a patée cross antefix.