NOTRE DAME CHURCH
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Fortified church built between the and centuries on a rocky spur overlooking the Creuse River
Standing on a rocky spur overlooking the Creuse River, Notre-Dame church has a Latin cross plan. Although the church has an 11th-century bell tower, it was fortified during the Hundred Years' War (15th century). The two machicolated towers can be seen from the small square. Inside, the nave is covered by a ribbed vault and ends in a choir with a flat chevet. In the north and south transepts are two altarpieces from the Cistercian abbey of La Merci Dieu. Modern stained glass windows (1948 and 1949) by Jacques Le Chevallier.
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Belle statue de la vierge à l'enfant, on s'étonne également de trouver à l'intérieur de cette petite église un tableau offert par Napoléon III.
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Deux statues de chaque côté du chœur sont bien à propos: celle de saint Laurent, protecteur des grands brûlés, et celle de saint Roch, protecteur des personnes malades de la peau. Ce dernier dévoile sa maladie de peau sur sa jambe gauche.
L’autel, détruit par un incendie à la fin du 19e siècle, est remplacé par un nouvel autel moderne (1991, Bernard Courcoul, potier de Chambon) dans les tons de bleu évoquant à la fois Marie et l’eau thermale qui fait la réputation de la ville.