EGLISE ROMANE SAINT-PIERRE SAINT-PAUL

"Tradition has it that the church was built on the site of a druidic temple. The church was part of a monastery, mentioned for the first time in the middle of the 12th century among the possessions of the abbey of Aurillac. In 1365, Pope Urban V established the priory of Ispagnac as a conventual priory and placed it under the control of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Victor in Marseille. In 1580, the church was seriously damaged by the Protestants. It was restored at the beginning of the 17th century, then in the 18th. Restorations were also carried out in 1807, 1853 and at the beginning of the 20th century. The 12th century building has only undergone transformations in its bell towers which would be from the 15th or the beginning of the 16th century. One, octagonal, dominates the crossing of the transept; the other, square, is placed on the west facade [...]" Information from the Mérimée database

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