The most beautiful religious buildings New Aquitaine

It is in the south of the town of the Capital of Lauze (Saint-Geniès) that stands proudly this chapel on its hillock. This religious building, with its refined Southern Gothic architecture, reveals on one of its facades, an engraved inscription dating from 1329! It is the foundation charter of this chapel by its lords and co-lords. Inside, you will find various registers with 23 hagiographic figures, including Saint Catherine, Saint Michael and Thomas Becket! The town council has been pampering this jewel by restoring it for several years...

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.

The parish church of Notre-Dame was built in the^4th quarter of the 17th century (1688). The church only became a parish church in 1793. The date 1846 which appears on the key of the arch of the entrance portal, corresponds to a great campaign of works, with in particular the construction of the porch and the reorganization of the bell tower. At the end of the 19th century, new installations were made, including the installation of stained glass windows by master glass artist Pierre Dagrand. The building was redesigned and decorated with stained glass windows in the 20th century.

Its oldest parts date back to 1100.

The Floralies that take place every spring are a beautiful entrance door to discover this village classified as one of the most beautiful in France. The best is to arrive at the th century Romanesque bridge, with its round rollers on the ground and its beaks moving on the Côle, whose banks are populated, in calmer places, with herons and poules. The church Saint-Jean-Baptiste, built around 1083, with its high walls of 12 metres in sandstone, is the old priory of the priory. Its plan is unique in Périgord, organized in half-circle around the apse, the nave being composed of a square span once topped with a dome. The corniche includes 75 sculpted modillons, representing masks, animals, birds… Capitals are sculpted of animals and characters: Daniel in the grave of the lions, the Annunciation, Noah under vines… In apse, carved panels and canvas paintings were installed in the xviiith century. The church-backed hall offers a superb perspective (open church from to). The former priory is private and only visits for the heritage days.