Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame

Building of modest dimensions, with a simple plan consisting of a rectangular nave followed by a choir of the same plan and preceded by a canopy or caquetry. What makes this church particularly interesting are its Romanesque mural paintings discovered in the choir in 1911-1912. Through a thorough study of the style of the movements, clothing and hairstyle of the peasants, the date of the paintings could be fixed around the middle of the 12th century.

The church Notre-Dame, registered with the Historical Monuments, is located in Subdray, in region Center-Val de Loire. This Romanesque church dates from the 12th century, but only the bell tower and part of the original nave are still visible. Ravaged by the Hundred Years War, it was restored in the 15th century with a reconstruction of the choir with flat chevat and the appearance of two seigniorial chapels. Notre Dame du Subdray has been closed since June 2016 for security reasons.

Like other monuments and a large part of the city, the church was destroyed during the great fire of the Madeleine in July 1487. It was therefore rebuilt in the 16th century, around 1520, the nave having been extended by a fifth span and according to a tradition that has not been historically verified, and it was the local architect Guillaume Pelvoysin who built the north tower. In the seventeenth century, the side entrance to the south was restored in the style of the time, i.e. with Corinthian columns that give a touch of classics. On 27 May 1562, when the Huguenots entered Bourges, it was again pillaged by the troops of the Count of Montgomery.