The church of Notre Dame d'Entraigues takes its name from the Latin inter aquas (between the waters), due to its position between the Asse and the Salaou torrent.
Description
Based on their morphology and sculpted decoration, the nave and choir appear to have been built in the 13th century. The bell tower, a faithful version of the Alpine model whose prototype is the bell tower of Embrun Cathedral, bears the date 1564 but was not completed until 1621 by the Digne masons Jean Roubaud and Pierre Lavigne. The side chapels were built in the 17th century. The nave vault was partially rebuilt in 1830 and the bell tower raised by one floor between 1863 and 1865. In 1891 and 1892, a major campaign of works took place: substitution of a roof of hollow tiles on a frame for the initial slate roof, demolition of the small nave formed by the two southern side chapels and removal of the partition which isolated, at the back of the apse, a small sacristy. In 1931, the bell tower, cracked by lightning, underwent further restoration work. Carried out by Etienne Arniaud, a contractor in Digne, the work consisted of demolition and then identical reconstruction of the upper part of the spire and the pyramidions. Chief architect J.-P. Ehrmann led another restoration campaign in 1976.
source: General inventory of cultural heritage of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region