Église Saint-Crépin-et-Saint-Crépinien

English translation

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History

Rural church of Romanesque origin, formed of a single vessel. The Romanesque nave, altered, is linked to the Gothic choir without notable break, with the exception of the ashlar arches of its openings. The Gothic roof structure is partly preserved above the choir and was replaced, at the end of the medieval period, by a roof structure whose posts and ties present a thicker section. Several painted decorations succeeded one another on all the interior and exterior walls. The oldest dates back to the 13th century and constitutes a decoration of false ashlar with double joints. It was completed by four superimposed funerary decorations, heraldic borders and escutcheons, ranging from the 16th to the 18th century. In the mid-16th century, an outbuilding chapel was added to the south of the choir, accessible by an arch decorated with a frieze of water leaves separated by twisted cordwork. Its decoration consists of flamboyant openings, a curved barrel vault decorated with coffers, a shell niche surmounted by blind arcading decoration.