Marignac - Saint-Sulpice

The parish church Saint-Sulpice in the village of Marignac was erected within the 12th century as part of a priory, founded here by the Charroux Abbey (120kms southeast). The church has a remarkable cloverleaf layout. The eastern part with the side chapels and the apse and the western portal, seen here, are still dating back to the first church here, while the outer walls of the nave have been rebuilt, after destruction by war.

Unfortunately most carvings of the large archevolts are weathered away, and the two saints in the little niche to the right have lost their heads.