Église de la Transfiguration-de-Notre-Seigneur

English translation

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History

Building characteristic of the type of rural Cistercian churches of lower Limousin. An apse with three facets (13th century) is lit by three long and narrow windows with round arch on the exterior and pointed arch on the interior. The vault is formed of three triangles of barrel vault joining over a wide doubleau with pointed arch. A bay forms the choir on an almost square plan, and is vaulted with a broken barrel vault. A transept, of which the two arms have disappeared or were not executed, is formed by four doubleaux with two rolls resting on long paired columns. Above this rectangular transept, four projecting slope corbels form the irregular octagon serving as the base to a barlong dome in eight-part arch of cloister vault. Above this dome rises an unfinished rectangular tower, no doubt intended to contain the bells. The façade (14th century) opens through a portal ornamented with bowtells forming small columns, sheltered by a timber canopy. Above rises a bell tower-wall with four round-arch openings.