Eglise de Millay
58170 MIllay
- Nièvre
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
The Church of Millay is one of the oldest churches in the Nièvre Department. This church was built on the site of a pagan temple and an ancient residence of priests.
The church of Saint Maurice de Millay was built in the second half of the eleventh century, On an ancient sanctuary, succeeding itself to a Gallo-Roman building, detected in the nineteenth century, when were raised the tombs that surrounded the building. Church of Millay has preserved its original structure despite numerous restorations. The west facade of the nave was restored in the nineteenth century. Tradition has it that the church of Millay was built within ten years of the foundation of the monastery of Marcigny. It would be dated 1064\. Its bell tower is square, it is pierced on its four faces of double single bays, its arrow is covered with slates. The church is 33 meters long by 14.50 meters overall.
