Église Saint-Alexandre-de-la-Pava

English translation

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History

The earliest known mention of the church dates back to 1286. Despite this late mention, it is in fact an older building (chevet with outrepassé plan). The nave, probably originally timber-roofed, was altered and vaulted in the 11th century. In the 17th or 18th century, the building was enlarged to the west. It is oriented with a single nave. The whole is constructed in rubble stone split with a hammer. A few courses in opus spicatum are visible on the guttering walls of the 11th-century part. The western portal, composed of three blocks of granite, may have belonged to the former church before being remounted on the 18th-century façade.