Day 15-- Loire Valley; Auxerre

Saint-Pierre Church of Montlivault

12th century monument comprising a simple nave, a choir strongly offset to the south covered by a barrel vault (restored) and a semicircular apse vaulted in the oven. The whole church was flanked in the south in the 15th and 16th centuries by a low side with five bays covered with rib vaults.

The building has on the west an important bell tower whose portal dates from the end of the 15th century. During the interior restoration, 15th century murals were discovered.

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