Le Douhet - Saint-Martial

In the center of Le Douhet, a village just 12 kms north east of Saintes, is Saint Martial, a 12th century structure, that had to be stabilized by buttresses within the 15th century, when a steeple was built.

The western facade is richly decorated with friezes and archivolts over the portal and the flanking blind arches. Here is one of the apostles on the left side of the outer archivolt (see previous upload for an overview).The "chequered" archivolt over the blind arch to the very left ends, where the buttress was built in the 15th century.