Église du Vieux-Saint-Jean

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History

Church consecrated in 1025. It would seem that two churches succeeded one another in this place, prior to that of 1025. The latter comprised a single nave and a transept and terminated in a semi-circular apse. Examination of the remains of the old bell tower shows that it was established, at least over two storeys, towards the end of the 11th century. Towards the middle of the 12th century the portal of Notre-Dame dels Correchs was executed, at the base of the bell tower; the north wall of the first storey of the bell tower was pierced with a triple arcading with small columns, forming a tribune above the crossing of the transept. At the same period, the apse was entirely remade. The dome vault of Notre-Dame dels Correchs appears to date from the same campaign. At the beginning of the 13th century, refurbishment of the vaulting of the chapel of Saint-Michel which dated from the end of the 11th century, and modification of the tribune. The main portal, to the south, must date back to the beginning of this campaign. From 1269 to 1290, establishment of various chapels, as also in the 14th century. Saint-Jean le Vieux was constituted as a collegiate church from 1102 and remained so until the consecration of the new church of Saint-Jean (1509).