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Villavard

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Villavard's church, which dates from the 11th or 12th century, was significantly altered in the 16th century. It consists of a nave pierced with round-arched windows in the north and pointed-arched windows with Flamboyant tracery in the south, a chancel with a flat chevet and a semicircular apse added more recently. The West door and the tower are modern

Modern west façade and tower

Romanesque north wall and its round-arched windows and door

Crockets adorning the east gable

Black Virgin of Villavard

The black Virgin played an important role in the history of Villavard: in her honour, Atmeric Aymar had a church built and instituted a pilgrimage. Villavard, which depended on Lavardin became a parish. Almost eight centuries later, Villavard had become an idependent village. The black Virgin is still venerated nowadays

The chancel

18th-century altar and retable. The arch separating the chancel from the nave and the south will of the chancel retain traces of wall paintings

Churchwardens' pew

Paintings decorating the arch separating the nave from the chancel

Paintings of the south wall of the chancel

St. Barbara locked in a tower by her father, she is holding a chalice

Unidentified saint

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