Here, in Entrepierres, as elsewhere, of the village of yesteryear, only the 12th century church perched on its elevation remains. There remains a precious testimony in the Priory of Vilhosc: a magnificent crypt, dedicated to St-Gervais, built in the 11th century.
Description
A vestige of the 1th century, the crypt of the Priory of Vilhosc is a remarkable testimony to the early Romanesque art.
St. Gervais and St. Protais are venerated there, and the architectural harmony is no longer found in recent constructions (since the 1960s).
Its architecture is a testament to the early Romanesque style: a triple apse supported by powerful pillars, one of which, strangely, retains a smooth, rounded, movable stone in its center. With its squat, deep appearance, the apse rests on a dozen small columns with sandstone capitals.
A pilgrimage was held there in the 12th century and the saint's relics had to be in the center of the crypt so that pilgrims could walk around them.
A high church or a bell tower of which only two pillars remain in the barn, must have surmounted it, as is the case at ND de Dromon in St-Geniez.
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Fee
Free. Private property, reservation required.