NOTRE-DAME DE LA BASSE-ŒUVRE CHURCH
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There are only three of the nine original spans of its nave, but it is one of the few vestiges of Carolingian inspiration. Frescoes were to animate its walls, and a number of fragments were found, including a man of remarkable quality to see in the treasure of St. Peter's cathedral. The building is built according to the techniques of the time, with Gallo-Roman remplois, such as pastoureaux, these small cubic stones coming from ancient monuments. The facade, reworked in 1050 after a fire, is illuminated by a large bay on which three enigmatic characters are embedded. After a last fire in 1225, the bishop and chapter decided to raise a new Gothic work, killing his choir and transept; Six of its spans were also destroyed in the th century when Martin Chambiges built his transept. The stop of the work of Saint-Pierre Cathedral in 1605 saves the last three spans of the nave of the Lower Works, transformed into a parish church. Sold as a national property in 1794, it was acquired by the State in 1840 which, after restoration, made it to worship in 1867.
