In 1105, a charter records the donation of the church to the Benedictine abbey Notre-Dame d'Issoudun by Léger, archbishop of Bourges. The present church would go back to the 12th century, its vault (dating from the 15th century) and its small chapel which flanks the nave to the north and reminds one
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The south side wall is pierced by a Romanesque portal in the foreground, whose semicircular scrolls fall on elegantly proportioned columns under an archivolt of billets. Inside, a ribbed vault, whose ribs rest on consoles decorated with masks, covers the three bays of the nave
Traces of 15th-century frescoes have been discovered in test pits under the plasterwork on the north wall of the nave and a large Saint Christopher has appeared.
Mural paintings on the apse dating from the 19th century, represent the Coronation of the Virgin. At the entrance of the nave, a stone font was placed on a remarkable Romanesque capital illustrating the episode of Daniel in the lions’ den.
Traces of 15th-century frescoes have been discovered in test pits under the plasterwork on the north wall of the nave and a large Saint Christopher has appeared.
Mural paintings on the apse dating from the 19th century, represent the Coronation of the Virgin. At the entrance of the nave, a stone font was placed on a remarkable Romanesque capital illustrating the episode of Daniel in the lions’ den.
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