Église Saint-Pierre

English translation

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History

Church composed of two adjoining buildings. The first, to the north dates from the early 12th century and is dedicated to Saint-Blaise and comprised five bays vaulted in barrel vault, terminated by a narrower choir. A small portal is composed of an arcading with a large toroidal cushion moulding borne by two small columns whose capitals are composed of six inverted cones following the Norman type, which suggests execution by an artist foreign to the region. Only the first bay is vaulted in barrel vault, the other bays having been remodelled in the 14th century, as was the choir. In 1347, a new nave, under the dedication of Saint-Pierre, is built against the church. In 1868, the mayor had two large openings made which connect the last bays of the churches and the choirs, until then separate. The Saint-Blaise chapel preserves three frescoes from the 16th century (Saint-Christopher in the costume of Francis I; the martyrdom of Saint-Sebastian represented at two different periods). The fresco of the choir appears to be from the end of the 15th century. Above the door of the Saint-Blaise chapel is a small stone bas-relief from the 12th century representing the Virgin.