Église Saint-Germain

English translation

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History

The foundation of the primitive church must be very ancient. In the 14th century, it was chosen as the beneficiary of the foundation of a collegiate church made by the will of Hugues Roger, brother of Pope Clement VI and cardinal of Tulle, and was rebuilt. Near the church, on its south face, a square tower without its crenellations is the only remaining part of the ramparts of the old collegiate church. The church consists of a nave of two bays separated by an arcading remade in the early 20th century. The pentagonal choir is separated from the nave by bundles of engaged columns supporting the arcading. The vault rests on six ribs of ogives meeting at a keystone. The south wall is pierced by pointed arch arcading giving access to two chapels. The vault of the nave was remade in the early 20th century in bricks. This church, which appears to date from the 13th century, is interesting for its external defences which must have been created at the time when the great companies ravaged Limousin after the Hundred Years' War. The western façade is pierced by a door with a very depressed arch, a long window with pointed arch decorated with small columns and a system of three machicolations borne on two large consoles and buttressing against the walls extending two buttresses. The apse is also defended by a parapet and machicolations.