Avy - Notre-Dame

Avy is a small a village just about 5kms south of Pons. The parish church Notre-Dame d'Avy was built in the 12th century in the Romanesque style, typical for the Saintonge. Severely damaged during the Hundred Years' War the church was rebuilt later in Gothic style.

The semicircular archivolts of the portal are carved in a "flamboyant" style. As the sandstone used all over the Saintonge is very soft, the capitals of the side pillars are very weathered.