Église Saint-Antoine

English translation

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History

Church largely from the 18th century, altered in the 19th then restored in the 20th century. The bell tower wall and the two towers flanking it constitute the oldest parts and can be dated to the 17th century. The church has a single nave of four bays, covered with a flattened barrel vault, with broken arch lunettes penetrating the vault. A modern gallery has been established at the level of the last bay of the nave. It has enlarged an older gallery, placed between the two western towers. At the level of the second bay open two lateral chapels under round arch arcs, vaulted with groin vaults. The semi-circular apse is much narrower than the nave. The south tower houses a very narrow spiral staircase which gives access to the gallery and the clock chamber. The walls of the nave are buttressed by buttresses of the 19th century. On the western façade, the door also dates from the 19th. This façade, between the two towers, corresponds to modern infill, the original façade being set back, in the same plane as the bell tower wall. The space between the two façades serves for the weights of the clock.