Discovery of a Romanesque church, formerly connected to the castle

Name: Découverte d'une église romane, anciennement reliée au château
Start: 2022-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Martin

For the European Heritage Days, come visit the church of Saint-Martin d'Ajat and the chapel of Notre-Dame de la Pitié!

16 - 18 septembre 2022Passé

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Église Saint-Martin

33 les Jarrissoux, 24210 Ajat

Dordogne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

From the Romanesque church, originally connected to the castle, there remain only two square bays succeeding a semi-circular apse in the cul de four. A third bay, destroyed, connected with one of the dungeons of the castle. The church was vaulted in domes now demolished.
On the triumphal arch stands a bell tower with arcades. Inside, the apse is decorated with arcatures on columns. The outside is polygonal. The interior floor has been raised. The western wall is built after the church and seems to have been erected after the destruction of the span that united the church to the castle.