Eglise Saint Jean Baptiste

The west façade (entrance to the Church of St John the Baptist) has a large Gothic pointed arch portal with columns, three capitals and three arches. It is pierced by a pointed arch window whose keystone bears the date 1872. The western façade is topped by a small triangular pediment without any ornamentation. Like the south wall, the façade has been extensively repaired with pink mortar. The bell tower consists of a massive, square tower with four corner buttresses, two of which are set into the church wall. It is about twenty metres high and unadorned, and consists of four floors. The 2nd floor of the bell tower has a small ogival window on the west side. The 4th floor has 8 windows and is the bell chamber. The bell tower is topped by a small pyramid covered with round tiles which was recently redone. The bells were electrified in 1956 and an electronic clock was installed in 1992. The interior of the building consists of three naves and six bays in the pure but austere Gothic style. Just as the 20th century work has left its mark on the exterior of the church, the interior of the building is still marked by the renovations of the late 19th century (1897-1898-1899). The rows of five pillars that support the ribs of the stone ribbed crosspieces, very simple, with slightly ornamented keystones, are from the same period. The baptismal font chapel, resolutely Romanesque, located to the north-west under the bell tower, has a semi-circular arch and a dome. One of the oldest features of this interior is the small doorway to the vaults to the left of the small portal. The stained glass windows date from the beginning of the 20th century, as does most of the liturgical furniture. One of the oldest paintings is certainly "The Beheading" of Saint John the Baptist, located above the small door. It dates from the 17th century. The two wooden statues of St Peter and St Paul on either side of the main doorway and the large wooden crucifix on the second pillar on the right of the choir date from before the 1898 renovation. Finally, the organ, inaugurated in 1985, is a witness to the end of the 20th century.