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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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A 12th century bell-tower which underwent alterations in the 13th and 14th centuries, and a small nave where we can see that the lower part of one wall must have been built with a fishbone tool, are all that remain of the Romanesque church which must once have been much larger (at least two or three bays longer). Traces of a roof on the west face of the tower leave can only leave us guessing although we know that in the 19th century the length of the building was reduced by half. The chancel is barrel-vaulted and a cornice runs around the beginnings of the vault. To the north and the south semi-circular arches sit on jutting-out shelves (imposts) which are, themselves, supported by square columns.
The bell-tower rises above the chancel and, at its peak, a bracket-supported cornice has human faces sculpted in each corner. Each of the bell-tower’s four walls are decorated with two arches. The roof used to be covered in ‘lauze’ stone tiles but the upper part has been re-roofed in flat tiles.

Beaumont Tourist Information
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Tel. 05 53 22 39 12
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