église Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse

English translation

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History

The villa of Baillargues is mentioned from 825. The church is probably not earlier than the first years of the 12th century. It was the seat of a priory, united to the cathedral chapter of Maguelone. The building has known several periods of reworking. In the 12th century, construction of a powerful square mass, at the north-west corner. The bell tower, at the south-west corner, is probably an addition of the 14th century, with fortified crown. The groined vault is the product of a later reconstruction, probably of the 17th century. The four lateral chapels are recent, as well as the masses which shore up the building around the apse and to the south-east of the bell tower. The church has retained a good part of the elements of its Romanesque decoration. The capitals in particular, and the interior frieze, present magnificent arabesques inspired by Carolingian motifs, interlaces, half-palmettes. Against the walls of the nave, a decoration with small columns and arcatures is concealed by buildings.