Église Saint-Jacques

English translation

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History

Nyer is mentioned as early as 871, the church around 1178. It is an edifice with a single nave and semi-circular apse, with lateral chapels on the north side. A small square bell tower was raised in the alignment of these chapels, to the north of the apse. The latter is ornamented with a decorative scheme of arcatures comprised in three panels. This decoration continues along the entire nave. The extension of the "Lombard" decoration to the western gable wall is extremely rare. Inside, the nave is vaulted with a broken barrel vault following on from the round barrel vault covering the choir return. The south portal is framed by three round arch roll mouldings. The archivolte is ornamented with a frieze of gear teeth. Above, a modern niche houses a statue. The old door leaves present three series of horizontal hinges branching into spiralled volutes, with thwarting convolutions. The main structure of the nave and apse dates back to the 11th century. The Romanesque portal in marble seems to be later (12th century). The south lateral window lighting the apse and choir is characteristic of the belated Gothic decoration of the late 15th century.