heritage

SAINT-PIERRE CHURCH

Religious Sites

MARGERIDE

Place de l'Eglise– 48800 PREVENCHERES

In the 16th century, during the wars of religion, the church was burned by Protestants and eleven priests were murdered. It is a Romanesque church with a trefoil plan, shaded by a Sully lime tree. It seems to date back to the middle of the 12th century. The apse and the two chapels form a trefoil. The north chapel was originally semi-circular, not square. The choir stretches in width, a dome surmounts it, undoubtedly once crowned by a bell tower. Later, a bell tower was erected on the facade and the dome was topped with a gable roof. The three Romanesque windows of the apse have rich columns on the outside.