The architecture of this church follows the model of the Greek temples in vogue at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. A neo-classical architecture that we owe here to Paul Abadie Père.
The architecture of this church follows the model of the Greek temples in vogue at the beginning of the 1843th century. A neo-classical architecture that we owe here to Paul Abadie Father who built in the district of Houmeau a new church, in Latin cross and consecrated in XNUMX. This came to replace a dilapidated Romanesque building which threatened ruin .
The primitive church depended on the abbey of Saint-Cybard and was intended, as its name indicates, to welcome pilgrims on their way to Saint-Jacques de Compsotelle.
The niches that adorn the facade house sculptures made later by the Angoumois artist René Pajot. The church also houses a magnificent 1944th century organ, listed as a Historic Monument, made by the organ builder Cavaillé-coll. Damaged by the bombings of 1960, the church underwent a major restoration in the early XNUMXs.