The church was formerly attached to a monastery located in a town surrounded by an enclosure, a monastery itself dependent on the abbey of Sainte-Valérie de Chambon-sur-Voueize.
The church consists of a nave comprising three bays on which open lateral chapels vaulted in a quarter circle; two transepts each having an apsidiolus; and a choir comprising two bays and ending with a square apse chapel.
This Chapel was built from 1478 onwards by Pierre de Bourbon, Count of Marche and Castres, in a single campaign, on a Languedoc plan. It was restored in 1882.
Building built in the 13th century by one of the Viscounts of Aubusson to house a fragment of the cross of Christ. In its present state, it is the result of a reconstruction in the 17th century, followed by rebuilding and enlargements in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Church of Saint-Avit is located in Saint-Avit-de-Tardes, in the region of New Aquitaine. It is bordered by the cemetery and the old 16th century Priory adjoining it. The church, a grand building that was built at the end of the 13th century, was fortified in the 16th century. It has a typical portal of the Creuse with its hollow tympanum. Inside, among the furniture, the front of the high altar is garnished with repousse leather from the 17th century.
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