Église Saint-Saturnin

English translation

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History

This 12th-century church, originally with a single nave, was enlarged by a first transept (south) at the end of the 12th century, then by a second (north) in the 14th century. During the Wars of Religion, the nave was entirely demolished and rebuilt in the 17th century. The 12th-century façade presents a single portal, surmounted by a window. The portal presents four archivolts, ornamented with geometric designs, falling on ten small columns on each side. At the top of the gable opens a horizontal series of five square openings. The bell tower is of the classical Saintongeais type. Rectangular, massive and elevated, it consists of one storey of the 12th century and another of the late 13th or 14th century. It surmounts a dome on eight-sided squinches, a type common in Saintonge. The south transept has preserved its original vault (12th century), with round barrel vault.