Saint-Romain-de-Benet - Saint-Romain

Another former priory church, that now is a parish church. Built within the 12th century it burned down later, got poorly rebuilt and was near to collapse, when the "renovation process" started alrady within the 17th century. Not much more than the crossing is left from the Romanesque structure. The tower seen here was erected in 1830. The two domes, seen here, date back to 1901. The architect was obvously inspired by Paul Abadie´s work, who after the renovation of Saint-Front in Périgueux, had designed Sacré-Cœur in Paris.