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Saint Front de Colubry Chapel is
situated on the promontory of the same name,
with a
breathtaking view of the Dordogne
upstream.
It is dedicated to Saint Front, who overcame
the dragon Le Coulobre (legend).
It dates from the 8th century, for at least
certain foundations, and from the 12th
century with exceptional Romanesque capitals.
The one on the south side is integrated into
a series of archways, the remains of a
previous structure, now gone. There is a
snake that intertwines a tree filled with
fruit and Eve, who takes it. Adam watches at
the scene, in front of an upright character
covered with an animal skin, which holds a
long pastoral stick in its right hand.
The capital on the north side has three
monstrous beasts.
On the west façade you can see
- A
triangular wall-belfry with two bell
bays topped with a cross.
- The
Gothic arch portal and archivolts
descending to decorated side walls. A small,
very eroded human head, adorns the centre of
the arc.
- A narrow window sheds light on the nave.
On the south side, a second entrance to the
church with a holy water font embedded in
the wall.
In the nave there are very old immersion
baptismal fonts. The ground is rammed earth
on each side of a central aisle made of
large flat stones. In the choir with a flat
chevet, there is an 18th century alter, and,
in a niche dug in the wall, a statue
supposedly of Saint Front.
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