Ancienne église Notre-Dame la Principale dite aussi ancienne chapelle des Pénitents blancs

English translation

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History

The medieval building was first mentioned in the 11th century; it must have included a nave probably timber-roofed and Romanesque lateral chapels later transformed into aisles. It was replaced in the 16th century by the present nave and its aisles, an ensemble covered with rib vaults resting on slender engaged colonnettes, divided into three bays preceded to the west by a lower bay containing a gallery (late 17th century). On the aisles, lateral chapels of the 15th century and a chapel covered with a dome drawn around 1758 by architect J.B. Péru. The bell tower, raised in the 17th century, rests on the last southern chapel. The 16th century choir disappeared after 1796. To the south-west of the church, the canonical house, existing since the 14th century, is adjoined, enlarged to the south in the 15th century and increased at the end of the 16th century by an apartment situated above the western gallery.