SAINT-MICHEL CHURCH
Religious Sites
MARGERIDE
La Garde-Guérin– LA GARDE-GUERIN 48800 PREVENCHERES
The Saint-Michel parish church is a superb Romanesque church located in the heart of the village of Garde-Guérin, at the foot of the medieval keep of the castle.
It has a single nave completed by a polygonal apse. This is decorated with blind semi-circular arches resting on small columns with sculpted capitals.
The architecture of the triumphal arch is based on an original system: two superimposed pilasters flanked by monolithic columns form the double arches.
In addition, numerous sculpted motifs adorn the capitals (human figures, stylized foliage, foliage, billets) which constitutes an exceptional ensemble in Lozère.
The church could have a crypt which would, according to some, house the tombs of the parier lords of the Garde-Guérin.