Église Saint-Pierre

English translation

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History

The church comprises a nave, a bell tower projecting on the south side, a choir terminated by an apse with three faces, and two lateral chapels, to the north and south. The lateral walls of the nave and the gable appear to date from the 12th century. At the centre of the western façade is found the main door, with double archivolt in round arch. On the south façade is seen a door of the 12th century whose voussoirs are surrounded by a sawtooth string course, very common in the Loire region. In the first half of the 16th century, buttresses were added. The bell tower is terminated by a spire whose pyramid was set alight by lightning in 1915. The lower room of the bell tower, covered by an Angevin vault, contains the baptismal fonts. The choir and apse must have been built at the beginning of the 16th century. The two chapels also date from the 16th century. In the 17th century, a large retable was placed at the junction of the lateral walls of the choir and the faces of the apse.