ANCIENNE EGLISE DE SAINT-FLOUR DU POMPIDOU

The Pompidou church is oriented bedside to the east, door to the west on the facade. Inside, the floor is still clay. The nave, vaulted in broken cradle, has only 2 spans, that is to say 11 m length. On the short bay of the choir are applied, like ears, two semicircular side niches. The apse, semi-circular and vaulted in cul-de-four, is lit by 3 windows, 2 of which are Romanesque. All of this was built around the middle of the 12th century, without forgetting, on the second bay, on the south wall, a solemn Romanesque window, framed by a semi-circular arch with triple coving. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the building was enlarged by adding chapels to its sides. Church mentioned from the 13th century, abandoned since the Revolution. Construction of the 12th century, enlarged by a chapel in the 15th century, and completed by two others in the 16th. The choir, a straight span with two side niches preceding the sanctuary, the southern side wall and the western wall date from the Romanesque period. Blocked in the Gothic period, access to the old bell tower was to the northeast, through the northern niche of the right span of the choir. The nave is covered with a Romanesque barrel vault. The sanctuary is covered with a semicircular vault.

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