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.

Saint Martin is pretty large (35 meters long). The eastern parts of the structure (apse, crossing) are older than the nave and the aisles.

The crossing dome.