Église Saint-Martin-le-Seul

English translation

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History

According to tradition, this church would have been built towards the beginning of the 10th century by fugitive monks of Saint Martin of Vertou, then used by the hermit saint Gregory of Nicopolis at the end of the same century. The nave covered with a timber ceiling precedes a narrower choir bay, vaulted with a barrel vault, and a semi-circular apse in cul de four. In the choir, two doors gave onto two apses now disappeared. In the nave, a door surmounted by a monolithic lintel gives access to an external turret containing the staircase which led to the galleries which were found at the beginning of the nave. The western gable opens by a round arch door, protected by a porch with timber framing resting on a low wall. The timber bell tower is on a square shaft and terminates in a pyramidal spire.