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It has
dominated the village since the 12th century.
Placed under the double patronage of Saint
Pierre and Saint Paul, it was changed during
the Renaissance.
Its apse is flat, pierced by a small square
bay, a quadrilobate oculus (a four-lobed
hole in the door) and a semicircular-arched
bay.
The high, massive wall-belfry is divided
into three registers, separated by very
prominent dripstones that run along the
western façade and the two edges.
Covered with a saddleback roof (a roof with
two slopes), the upper register is pierced
by three identical semicircular-arched bays,
and by a smaller semicircular-arched bay on
each edge. A spiral staircase, housed in a
tower in the south part of the façade and
lit by four very splayed square bays, leads
to the bells level. The middle register is
bare. The lower register, slightly broader
than the other two, is built out of regular
appareil (a method of building with stone),
seated on a horizontal row of stones; its
Renaissance portal is made of a wide door
with a horizontal lintel framed by pointed,
very slender, ornate arches and an archivolt. |