Châtel-de-Neuvre - Saint-Laurent

Saint Laurent is located away from the village of Châtel-de-Neuvre. The church occupies the top of a hill overlooking the river Allier.

I learned, that the single-nave Romanesque church is one of the oldest in the department. It was built on or near the site of a Roman temple and some parts of this temple got even reused, when the church was erected.

Inside is a kind of "Lourdes grotto"-