The church of Saint-Pierre depended in the 14th century on the abbey of La Couronne (Charente). Of Romanesque origin (12th and 13th centuries), it has suffered numerous damages and many restorations have taken place.
The gable facade is pierced in its central axis by an early 16th century portal with a grooved arch, framed by prismatic tori and flanked by two blind bays. The whole is surmounted by a rose window.
The side walls are perforated with narrow openings, some of which are underlined with a diamond-point cord.
The 12th century building has a single nave with a trefoil choir. The semi-circular chevet is decorated with a chamfered cornice decorated with zigzags on brackets engraved with various subjects. Many engraved names accompanied by dates from the 18th century are visible on the bedside wall.
The interior of the nave is covered with a semi-circular barrel vault. On the south side, a 16th century crypt is occupied by a tomb decorated in the flamboyant style.
The two apsidioles vaulted in cul-de-four give the church a trefoil plan.
The square of the transept supported the old bell tower. All that remains are back-to-back columns adorned with claw bases and worked grooves. The sculptures accompanying the pilasters are modern. The bell tower was redone in concrete with an external staircase in place of the previous one, which itself replaced the original bell tower, which fell in the 1950s. Under the modern, octagonal bell tower, there is a mass of columns with ornate capitals and bases (foliage, animals, colorful characters).
The choir is barrel-vaulted with a semi-circular arch. The chancel columns are also adorned with claw bases on the north side and flutes on the south side.
The cul-de-four apse is openworked with three similar windows with small columns.
Paintings of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul.
Tomb with recumbent in the habit of an ecclesiastic whose head and hands have been destroyed.
The Saint-Pierre church was classified as a historical monument in 1970.
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