Eglise Saint-Pancrace

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The original Provençal Romanesque church, named after Saint-Pancrace, martyred in Rome in the 3rd century, featured only the choir in the 12th century and a small square bell tower.
The main nave was built in the 13th century, followed by further work in the 16th.

In the 16th century, Étienne Julien, archdeacon of Uzès and prior of Aramon, built the pointed bell tower on the chevet and raised the square bell tower above the clock façade.
In the 17th century, his successor Gédéon de Fain de Pérault had the left nave and side chapels built, then tore down the old façade and rebuilt a new one. This façade features the main doorway, preceded by steps in the form of a stoop, framed by two columns with niches for statues, and topped by a bull’s eye. The two statues are copies of the originals dating from 1669, which are inside the Assumption chapel.
There is a black band above the side portal. It’s a funerary tablet painted with the coat of arms of archdeacon de Fain de Pérault on his death. The portal features a statue of the Virgin and Child with a coat of arms and the inscription “Posuerunt me custode”.

Spoken languages : French

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