ANCIENNE EGLISE DE SAINT-FLOUR DU POMPIDOU

The Romanesque church of Pompidou, built in the middle of the 12th century, was also marked by the Gothic style. The walls and floor are made of limestone and the roof of slate slate. The nave, with a pointed barrel vault, has only 2 bays, or 11 m long. On the short bay of the choir, two semicircular lateral niches are applied. The apse, semicircular and vaulted in a cul-de-four, is lit by 3 windows, 2 of which are Romanesque. On the second bay, on the south wall, a solemn Romanesque window, framed by a triple-arched semicircular arcade. Blocked in the Gothic period, access to the old bell tower was to the northeast, through the northern niche of the right bay of the choir. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the building was enlarged by adding chapels to its sides. Used for the exercise of Catholic worship until the middle of the 18th century, it was abandoned during the Revolution. It became a shelter for fodder and agricultural tools until 1956, the year it was registered in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments. It was acquired in 1960 by the Department of Lozère, which ensured its restoration with the financial support of the State and the Languedoc Roussillon Region.

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