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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 commune
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The Church
The church is listed as an Historical Monument. The Romanesque dome and pendentives (high pillars, typically triangular) date from the twelfth century. The original vault was destroyed - from door to dome - by fire during the Wars of Religion, it was rebuilt in the early seventeenth century with funds from a donation made by Montaigne’s wife.

The Alter
The early eighteenth-century alter comes from Vauclair Abbey. The tomb stone of Montaigne’s father, Pierre Eyquem, is under the alter although it was most probably originally situated at the foot of a pillar.

The Pulpit

Early eighteenth-century. Montaigne’s descendants are buried under the pulpit (cf. inscription).

The Confessional
Eighteenth-century Baroque.

The Station of the Cross
1975, sculptured slate (a difficult material to work with) by the Bordeaux artist, Privat.

Montaigne’s Heart
The book entitled « Livre de raison » (« The Book of Reason ») which deals with the subject of Montaigne’s death, claims that his heart is conserved in this church.






  Montaigne - Gurson - La Force Tourist Information Office
Tel / Fax : 05.53.73.29.62
 

   
  -Chateau
-Michel Eyquem de Montaigne