THE COLLEGIAL CHURCH
Located at the highest point of the village, the Collegial Church
is dominated by its square bell-tower, reconstructed in 1740.
Oriented to greet the sun as it rises and salute it as it sets
- like most medieval religious buildings - it was originally designed
in the style of a basilica, with a semi-circular apse and a single
nave. The chevet and the arched beams in the main nave date from
the beginning of the 14th century. The entrance opens onto a string
of four chapels: St Clement (a masterpiece of baroque art), St
Mathew, the chapel of Mary of the Rosary, and the chapel of the
Souls in Purgatory, whose alter bears the date 1677. The church's
treasures include precious items of silverware, reliquaries and
a parchment dating from 1588.
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