Church of Saint-Georges
The Saint-Georges church is located in Méallet, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The church dates back to the 12th century, and some parts of its original Romanesque constructions remain. The main part of the church was rebuilt in the fifteenth century for its reshaping of ogival style. When entering this building, one is struck by the elegance of the vaults which rest on robust ogival ribs being supported on caps representing heads. Several objects are classified as historical monuments (a holy water font, an altar-tabernacle, a chalice).
About this building
The Saint-Georges church is located in Méallet, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The church, built in the shape of a Latin cross, was built in the 12th century. Some parts of the church remain in the original Romanesque style, and the rest was remodeled in the 15th century (vaults of the choir and side chapels) in the Gothic style. It is registered in the Supplementary Inventory of Historical Monuments since 1970.
A Romanesque entrance, dated from the second half of the 12th century opens to the south while a second Romanesque door opens to the north in the nave. As in many churches in the region, the bell tower was destroyed during the Revolution, then probably rebuilt identically.
When entering the building, one is struck by the elegance of the vaults of the choir and the side chapels which rest on robust ogival ribs being supported on caps representing heads. In the chapel on the right, there is a black stone cross, dated from 1888 and a very old stone, carved with animal figures.
Several objects are classified as Historical Monuments: a magnificent altar-tabernacle of the high altar with three layers of gilded wood, that dates from the early eighteenth century; a small molten brass font, reperce and chiseled, in copper repoussé and silver dated from the sixteenth and eighteenth century; painted panels of the seventeenth century on a sacristy cabinet depicting Christ, the Virgin and Saint George, and a pewter chalice from the revolutionary era.
