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, but as well some less gifted artists (or vandals?) left their marks. There are lots of crosses, simple blazons and two characters, that remind me on mysterious people from Roswell (New Mexico).