2024

CHURCH OF SAINT-HILAIRE-LA-CROIX

Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels

A pond surrounded by trees serves as a framework for this church. According to tradition, Red Lake would have been soaked in the blood of the martyrs at the time of barbarian invasions. This does not detract from the beauty of the building, built in the th century. The presence of various influences is noted in some elements. The cannelés pilasters and the polylobés arches, a common formula in the Bourbonnais, remind the Burgundy. Plutôt and foliage rinceaux would be a wink to the Limousin. Tents about daily life are interesting. In the courtyard of the old priory, a door is surmounted by a carved eardrum representing the Meal at Simon the Hypocrisy. Inside, there is a statue of white stone of the th century.

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