Ancienne chapelle Saint-Symphorien-de-Boussargues

English translation

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History

The estate of Boussargues is said to have been given to the Order of the Temple by Guillaume Ier de Sabran, lord of Tresques. Of rectangular plan, oriented, the chapel comprises a single nave, vaulted with a round barrel vault, extended to the east by a semi-circular apse vaulted in a cul-de-four. In the nave, at the springing of the vault, runs a cavet impost ornamented with palmettes. At the springing of the wall-ribs and the main rib, corner imposts present a band and a chamfered cove sculpted with stylized leaves, rosettes, scrolls of half-palmettes. The south elevation is pierced by a round-arch door, surmounted on the outside by a kind of chamfered gable with decoration of rosettes and lanceolate leaves. The apse opens onto the nave through a triumphal arch. The bell tower is situated vertically above the triumphal arch and must have been reduced to a simple arcade. Only the base of its northern support remains. The covering was probably in slate. The external facings display ornamental dressing of rubble stone in Saint-Andrew's cross and in herringbone patterns. These facings preserve masons' marks and pilgrims' marks. Putlog holes are distributed over all the façades. It would appear that during the construction or reconstruction of this building, the remains of a primitive building were intended to be preserved.