Description
You are in front of an 11th century building built with great simplicity with a major renovation during the 12th century that incorporated the arches of the inner vault and the most notable element: the portal.
This one, made of Isòvol marble, has five degraded arches, two of which rest on columns and capitals. The set is framed by a dust cover that presents in the central voussoir the relief of Christ blessing with the right hand and a book on the left. The decoration is located in the first arch, where we highlight the figures of Adam and Eve at the bottom of each side and in the capitals. The most notable are the first arch, and the capitals some with plant decoration and others with a representation of birds with a man’s head. One of the capitals was destroyed in 1865 by lightning. Above it a horizontal dust cover with a bracket at each end.
Coming from this church, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris preserves the front of a polychrome wooden altar that explains in four scenes the life of St. Eugene, and is dated to the first half of the thirteenth century.
Plant and section
