Salles-la-Source Romanesque Church
12th century church, one of the only ones in Salles-la-Source to have undergone almost no alterations or destruction.
12th century church, one of the only ones in Salles-la-Source to have undergone almost no alterations or destruction.
The construction of this church began in 1277 and lasted until the 16th century. This building succeeds a first, older, pillaged and collapsed church. The revolution inflicted damage on the building, before its transformation of the cathedral into a temple of religion.
Church dedicated to Saint Madeleine, built in the 10th century by the lord of the village.
The building was started in the 11th century, but most of it dates from the 12th century. The tympanum was completed in the 12th century. The facade towers were redone during the 19th century. It is also during this period that the bell tower is added to the roof at the junction between the nave and the transept. In 1830, the cloister was demolished.