Ygrande - Saint Martin

Saint Martin´s preceding church belonged to the diocese of Clermont, but the Sires de Bourbon (-Archambaud) transferred it within the 11th century to the Bishop of Nevers. A century later it was owned by the Cluniac priory of Souvigny. At that time the old church got demolished and the erection of Saint Martin started.

Light floods in through the open side portal. Saint Martin is pretty large (35 meters long). It is visible, that the eastern parts of the structure (apse, crossing) are older than the nave and the aisles.