The most beautiful religious buildings Creuse

Par by proletarian monks, compagnons compagnons, renowned carpenters who know about the architecture of oriental influence developing in Spain on the roads of Fez, the abbey Saint-Barthélemy dates back to the th century. It is a building of Romanesque style, but we discover on the church the marks of the road to Santiago: the shell on capitals, symbols of the buddy and mozarabes characteristics. To the west the steeple is covered from a coupole dome and at the cross of the transept, a octagonal lantern is found. The portal west polylobé is five voussures in broken plot.

St. John Baptiste Chapel, known as La-Croix-au-Bost, is the only remaining element of the hospital tissue that once stood. Built in the 1984 th century, it presents impressive murals dating back to the second half of the th century, which in made the subject of classification in Historical monuments. There are decorative elements, apostles but also, and in fragmentary scenes, Adam and Eve or even the old Vieillards of Revelation. In the same place, the th century master-altar in polychrome carved wood also takes the visitor's attention. One point must be stressed, however: This little treasure remains closed and, to discover it, we must meet the charming old lady who lives next door, only in the hamlet to hold the key.

First, follow the signs indicating the direction of the tower of Sermur. Then the paths separate. The one leading to St. Roch's oratory goes into the basements, along the fields lined with granite walls. Each year, in August, Sermur celebrates Saint Roch; a procession is then organised, so that the saint brings to the country a proper humidity during the year.

Founded in 1149, Aubepierre Abbey is a direct creation of the order of Cîteaux. However, as much as the other abbeys of the territory marchois by various wars, Aubepierre Abbey had a much shorter activity time than the other Cistercian settlements in the country. In 1569, it was completely destroyed by a Protestant army. Today, it is only a few vestiges that we see in Méasnes. What remains, however, is the traces of lawn upgrading. Notice to the curious so!

No doubt the charm of the village owes much to its Romanesque church, built in the th century and, as often the churches of Limousin, a wall wall. Carved in local granite, the building has a unique nave and flat bedside. Inside, murals of the Gothic period were preserved, updated in the 1980 s. Dated th and th centuries, they present, among other reasons, a Christ in glory and reproductions of architecturés elements.