EGLISE SAINT-ALBAN

"Construction began in the 12th century, to continue in the 14th and 15th centuries. The building was restored in the 17th and 18th centuries, after the Wars of Religion, and enlarged in the 19th. The oldest part is the choir, with apse Vaulted in the back of an oven Carved capitals (one of them represented a troubadour playing a musical instrument) Use of different stones to play on the polychromy Directly above the triumphal arch stands a bell tower - comb with two levels of arcades. Demolished during the Revolution, it was rebuilt in 1891, inspired by the primitive form. The primitive portal was located at the western end of the southern wall. The enlargement of the nave was is accompanied by the construction of the current porch. The bay of the choir includes a trapdoor which leads to a crypt which served as a burial vault. At the end of the descent shaft, a low barrel-vaulted room contained three bodies [...]" Information from the Mérimée database

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