The most beautiful religious buildings Berry

Built in the thirteenth century, then restored and enlarged at the end of the xve and early sixteenth century, this church dedicated to Saint Martin de Tours has unsuspected riches. In addition to its richly decorated nef, the impressive building has a set of fine, polychrome statues for many of them. The church also displays epitaphes of the late sixteenth century as well as paintings painted somewhat singular where pastel is referred to. The retable of the sixteenth century evoking a Tomb and a Virgin of Pity of the seventeenth century are upsetting, and these carved woods question whether or they are not neophyte. Good example of a hidden richness of this enchanting Sologne.

The Saint Martin Church in Prissac has enjoyed a complete renovation. It's a modest building, two neves. The bell tower dates from the twelfth century, but most of the church was rebuilt in the fifteenth century. It has beautiful wall paintings from the end of the Middle Ages. There is the representation of Saint Catherine, a martyr of Saint Andrew and one of Saint Sebastian. In the chapel, the «Say of the Three Dead and Three Vifs» is staged, near the representation of the four evangelists. Parts are missing, but a leaflet is available in the church and the site provides very complete explanations. In statute, one notes a saint Martin in wood and a saint Radegonde stone.

The chapel, which dominates the entire city with its monumental golden statue, is visible by far. It was originally the chapel of the medieval castle. Destroyed, reconstructed, diminished, she finally was rehabilitated at the end of the nineteenth century and was the subject of a pilgrimage, in memory of the epidemic of plague of 1630. She always extends his right arm onto the city, the left behind the child Jesus. The climb to the chapel requires an effort, but it is rewarded with a splendid view of the city and Creuse.

It is a massive church of the xiiith century, located in the heart of the Auron district, the only parish church of Bourges to have been built in Gothic style like the cathedral Saint-Étienne, which it is contemporary. And like St. Stephen's Cathedral, she doesn't have transept, but an ambulatory with radiant chapels. Dedicated in 1230 by the Archbishop of Bourges, his construction would follow a miracle. Saint Antoine de Padua was passing in Bourges (around 1225), and the mule of a Jew, named Guillard, turned away from his oats to kneel in front of the holy man. The owner of the mule then converted to the field and devoted all his money to the construction of the church.

To discover, a few stained glass windows, xve and xvith century frescoes, still partially visible. Jacques Cujas, professor of law at the University of Bourges, was buried in 1590 in one of the north chapels of the church, a monument that deserves to be visited, especially in addition to a visit to the cathedral.

In the Neoroman style, this church was built on Dauvergne's plans, inspired by the church of Issoire in the Puy-de-Dôme, and completed in 1882. A golden virgin of 6 meters high is perched on the dome and its bell tower is 50 meters. Inside, a series of Girault-Dupin capitals and columns of the veiled granite chorus. A Pietà of the sixteenth century was reinstalled in a chapel.

Dating from the beginning of the fifteenth century, the church was largely restored in the nineteenth century in the neo-Gothic style. We admire his high arrow added and the arch of the edges of his nef. Located in the city center, in the pedestrian street, it is the only place of worship of the inhabitants. It is also open for concerts. The choir was adorned with beautiful windows of the nineteenth century, carried out by the atelier Charles Lévêque de Beauvais (the same workshop worked for the church of Prissac).

The graceful chapel was built at the end of the fifteenth century. In front of you, you can admire a beautiful door consisting of arches that go from colonnades to torsado, and depreciate into a flowered rod. The bell again is also worth a look. The chapel is used today for exhibitions and concerts, especially in the beautiful season. We have a beautiful view on the graceful side from the other shore of Creuse.

The priory Saint-Genitour is built by the end of the eleventh century by the powerful Abbey abbey. It is around this building that the low city begins to develop. In the thirteenth century, the chapel of the priory, extended from a nef, became the parish church. The church then enlarges with chapel additions: one in the fifteenth century, two others in the xviie and the last in the xixe, together with a wind. Admire the Romanesque chorus and the grotesques that finish truncated colonnants, gothic chapels and relics of Saint Genour. A very large picture recently restored, Caesar's Denier, is hung in the transept. This is the old copy of a work by Pierre Paul Rubens.

It is the ancient church of the Convent of the Recollets, built from 1623. It is very simple and has good acoustics. The square bell dates from the twentieth century. Its furniture is particularly remarkable: It has a chair and a retable of the eighteenth century, another retable of the seventeenth century and the famous sockets containing the relics of the «Holy Saints». Beautiful stained glass of the twentieth century represents the legend of the Holy Saints and the martyrdom of Saint Etienne. Notice the poilu hosted by Christ.

Former possession of the Abbey Abbey, it houses until 1269 the relics of the Monk Cyran, the founder of the Abbey of Brenne. Near the Naillac Castle, it dominates the Creuse. It has all the purity and simplicity of Romanesque churches: a rectangular nef, a right choir, a square bell and a tile cover. The interior is clear and we are struck by its elevation. On the west wall, you can admire a painting illustrating the three dead and three vivos. This theme is also located in Antigny, close to Vienna or Prissac and Chavin in Indre. This decommissioned church serves local products in season.

Originally, it was the priory church. It is dated by the end of the eleventh century. Its portal without tympan is a pure product of the Romanesque style. The white stone is adorned with beautiful sculptures. The north portal and the west portal are decorated with geometric motifs (stars and recurring motifs). There are many capitals and softens. Recently cleaned, his bleach dazzled in the sun. The interior is darker. In the sober form, it still contains capitals with vegetal decor.

It's one of the most remarkable of the Lower Berry. You can see by far its square tower covered with shingles. Founded in the eleventh century, it is now composed of a unique nef, an abbey and two absidioles, a crypt and a fortified bell tower of the XIV century. Its chapels date from the fifteenth century, and its double-archivolte gateway is XII. The western carved portal and the nef capitals are interesting, as well as the whole nineteenth century stalemate, to the happy mercy. The church treasure contains very beautiful limousine enamels.

You cannot go to Gargilesse without discovering its church Notre-Dame, built in the xiith century stone stone. The crypt carries magnificent frescoes between xiie and the sixteenth century. Well lit, paintings fascinate their beauty. We admire an Adoration of the Mages, a Final Judgment, the Escape in Egypt, Saint Nicolas… In the choir, William de Naillac's famous gailer has been damaged by women's ill-treatment of children. The historical capitals of the 24 old people of the Apocalypse are very well preserved, although the church is very humid (the north wall is quite degraded). Several concerts are given each year in the church.

One of the most remarkable Benedictine monuments in the region, thanks to the quality of the sculpted decor of its sanctuary - monsters that clash with or bite the tail, birds with long shoulders, monstrous faces with the pointues ears… see also the tomb of Saint Sylvain - th century.

This small Romanesque church of the th century, with circular apse, is breakthrough with three windows.

The nave is arched, wooden, with apparent entraits and four high glazed windows. Lighting the building every night.