Église Saint-Nicolas

English translation

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History

Church of the 12th century, modified in the 15th by the addition of a round staircase tower attached to the bell tower and two chapels, then in the 16th by the opening of a southern chapel in the choir, finally in the 19th by the modification of the gable and porch and the construction of a sacristy to the south. In 1755, collapse of the bell tower, resulting in the fall of part of the vault of the nave. The bell tower appears to have been remade identically, but the latter is demolished during the Revolution. Work was carried out under the Restoration. In 1854, demolition of the sacristy which blocked the northern opening of the chevet and construction of a new one to the south of the choir. At the end of the 19th century, restoration of the paving of the south chapel, of the gable and its door, of a roof on roof structure after raising of the eaves walls. In 1903, restoration of the paintings of the sanctuary and of the chapel of the choir. The primitive plan of the church was composed of a rectangular nave vaulted in barrel vault, preceding a square choir surmounted by a hemispherical dome, followed by an apse in semi-circular apse on both its faces. In the 15th century, the arrangement is modified by the creation of two chapels in the second bay of the nave. In the 16th century, opening of a chapel to the south of the choir. Around the apse, five arcatures rest on capitals decorated with palmettes. Internally, this church is representative of rural Auvergnat religious architecture.