Église Saint-Cybard

English translation

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History

The cure of Saint-Cybard is mentioned from 775, a date at which it depended on the abbey of Saint-Cybard. According to tradition, saint Cybard is said to have planted, at the location of the present church, a dry branch which flowered and became a large tree. The building, constructed in the 12th century, was enlarged in the 15th century by the north and south aisles dedicated to the Virgin and to saint John the Baptist. The building was restored in 1875-1876. It is laid out on a basilical plan with a single nave, to which is attached to the east a false square surmounted by a dome on pendentives and which terminates in an apse vaulted in an oven vault. Lateral chapels with flat chevets were added, to the north and south, in the 15th century. A painted lister runs the full length of the walls of the nave. The façade is pierced by a door with voussure with triple offset and an open window. The building was fortified at the time of the Hundred Years War. The whole is surmounted, to the east, at the level of the dome, by a square bell tower with two storeys. The stack is decorated with three blind arcades; the storey is decorated, on each face, with three round arches mounted on small columns underlined by a circular cordon and containing twin openings.