Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier - Saint-Pierre

In 740, Benedictine monks from Saint-Martin d’Autun founded a monastery here. The land, near the Roman road from Autun to Bordeaux, had been gifted to them by the Merovingian queen Brunehaut.

In the 9th century, the monks settled permanently and elevated their community to a priory. A settlement grew up around the priory. In 1429, during the Hundred Years' War, the town was stormed, but later liberated by Joan of Arc. She spared the town from plunder and prayed regularly for several days in the Church of Saint-Pierre.

The monastery buildings were destroyed in 1910. Only Saint-Pierre, which had served as the town's parish church since 1234, survived.

The northern portal once opened onto the cloister.
In the center of the tympanum is Christ in Majesty, surrounded by the four Evangelists. On the archivolt are angels with torches and censers.