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St Alvère in the Périgord :
the first truffle market
in France to have gone
on-line !


 

Listed as an Historical Monument

 
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The 12th century church, with its fortified steeple and nave topped with a refuge and its church tower, was a true guardroom in the past.

The 12th century façade was initially the entrance to the church. You can see the old, blocked-up gate that opened under a semicircular arch. One entered the church by passing under an interior porch.

It is now reversed, with the choir at the west. One enters on the side where a semicircular arched gate is topped by a cross under an entablature with side returns. The gable wall, delimited by two imposing flat buttresses, ends by following the roof’s triangular shape.
A central pillar supports two diagonal ribs on each side, assuring the circulation between the nave and the two side aisles. The nave has a panelled ceiling and an earth floor.

The choir is rectangular and has a carved wooden alter and an altarpiece from the 15th century.

Lalinde Tourist Information Office
Tel.05 53 61 08 55
 

   
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