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Listed as a Historic Monument.
The 15th-century Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Romanesque bell tower, extended during the Gothic period. Listed in 1977.
The building that dominates the village and surrounds the cemetery is built in the Gothic style. It bears witness to the economic and architectural revival that affected this mountain region at the time.
However, the Romanesque bell tower-wall, with its sharp, canted spire, bears witness to the fact that an earlier building was already in place before a reconstruction and extension campaign was launched.
The church is polygonal in plan, with a two-bay nave and a side chapel. Of particular note are the semi-circular tympanum of the entrance door, the ogival doorway leading to the bell tower staircase and the beautifully sculpted lamp arches.
Protected as a historic monument, this village church is also home to a number of listed objects: a statue of Christ on the Cross, a chasuble and a stole (liturgical vestments) and an unusual clockwork mechanism.
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