Église Saint-Symphorien

English translation

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History

The destructions caused by English occupation explain the transformations undergone by the church during the 15th century. Built on a Latin-cross plan, it comprises a nave and a bell tower of Romanesque style while the chevet was rebuilt in the 15th century. The façade opens by a portal of two voussures. On the storey above, three arcatures resting on small columns frame and shelter an axial window. All is topped by a gable wall which is also found at the chevet. The north elevation is pierced by richly ornamented 12th-century windows. The primitive apse, semi-circular, was demolished and replaced by a flat Gothic chevet pierced by a Flamboyant window. The square bell tower, of one storey, is a fine specimen of Romanesque art. It is decorated on each of its faces with two round-arch windows with small columns. The present façade, despite its 12th-century style, must have been re-erected at a later period, the old one having risen further to the west. Inside, four massive supports formed of columns carry a dome on squinches. A transept with absidiole, without a half-dome, completes the whole. Traces of frescoes (15th century?) are visible in the north absidiole.