Eglise Sainte Quitterie

According to the Mérimée database, the only remaining parts of the 11th-century Romanesque building are the apse-shaped choir and the nave, built of small stone blocks. During the Gothic period, perhaps in the 14th century, two side aisles were added, and large arches were cut into the walls of the nave. The fortified bell tower, which still has two corbelled watchtowers on its north and south facades, may date from the same construction project. The church underwent further restoration after it was devastated and looted by Captain Thoiras’s Protestant troops in 1569. In the 19th century, a porch was added on the west side, and two sacristies were built on either side of the choir. Also worth seeing: a wooden statue of Saint Quitterie.

According to the Mérimée database, the church was builton a site whose antiquity is attested by the discovery of several Merovingian-era sarcophagi ne

• Type: Historic site and monument