Église Saint-Pierre

English translation

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History

The parish has been known since the 10th century. It was under the overall authority of Saint-Martin de Brive. It was defined as a priory-curacy until 1792, the year it became simply a curacy. According to its architecture, the church was originally a castle chapel (the building adjoins the castle and formerly communicated with the latter), later transformed into a parish church. The building dates from the 12th century and was remodeled in the 14th and 15th centuries. The crowning of the western façade was completed in the 19th century. Single nave followed by a choir with rib vault (late 15th century) and terminated by a Romanesque sanctuary with flat chevet covered by a barrel vault. Chapels with rib vaults open to the north and south of the nave, as well as in the choir. They date from the late 15th century for the nave, and the 14th century for the choir. The west façade opens through a Romanesque portal with broken voussures. The façade is terminated by a gable bell tower with three round-arch arcades containing the bells.