Le Chalard Romanesque church and monks’ cemetery

He discovered the site in 1088 and built a Romanesque church on the remains of a Carolingian church, and founded a monastery of the Order of Saint Augustine. During the Hundred Years’ War (15th c.), the church was fortified by the English. Inside, you can admire the Saint’s tomb, protected by a 15th-century sideboard, as well as a remarkable 12th-century champlevé reliquary shrine, numerous Romanesque capitals carved in granite, a lower chapel and more.

The “monks’ cemetery”, with some forty tombs dating from the 12th and 15th centuries, is located at the church’s bedside. Some feature sculpted symbols relating to the vocation or activities of the deceased: clergyman, weaver, blacksmith, etc. A stone’s throw away are the remains of the Notre-Dame priory and its chapter house (private property open during the summer season, subject to the owners’ availability).