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Church XII century |
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  The
present church was rebuilt in 1532
on twelfth-century foundations (of
Notre Dame de Lauzes), and is
integrated into the former ramparts
(there are traces of machicolation
in the upper parts of the apse). It
is a fine building with its high
ogival nave and its flamboyant
Angevin chancel where the ribs form
an intricate, intertwining network.
On the left of the high altar in
the centre of the chancel, there is
an interesting painting which is a
vestige of a former retable,
dedicated to Saint Sebastien and
dated 1646. On the right hangs a
seventeenth-century painting
representing the patron saints :
Saint Clair, Saint Eloi and Saint
Blaise. In the centre of the chancel
there is a nineteenth-century
wall-painting, and in the nave can
be seen a twelfth-century gilded
wooden Virgin in majesty, Notre Dame
de la Roquette. |
 In
the first chapel on the right, there
is a fine sixteenth-century
pietà in coloured wood, two
seventeenth-century representations
of Saint Peter and Saint John in
gilded wood and a
seventeenth-century painting of the
souls in Purgatory. In the second
chapel there is a
seventeenth-century " Virgin with a
rosary " in a splendid, carved frame.
On entering the church, you can
see on the right-hand side a
remarkable 1914-1918 war memorial.
It is an original copper plate
crafted by Monsieur G. Aubert, an
inhabitant of Le Muy. On an altar to
the left there are two thanksgiving
plaques dedicated to Notre Dame de
la Roquette. |
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