Église Saint-Avit

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.

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.

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.