église - Taillant

Saint-Martin church and cemetery The 12th-century church of Saint-Martin is of particular interest as a whole, especially its location in the small communal cemetery, where a knight is buried under a tombstone decorated with the Maltese cross. The square tower topped by a pavilion roof is clearly visible. This high 15th-century section was built on a Romanesque base, with the square ground-floor room, vaulted in stone, illuminated by 3 narrow bays. The apse is framed and supported by columns rising to the ground from a Romanesque base and a modillion cornice. According to Charles COUNNOUE, there is an ossuary under the apse. Inside, a simple rectangular nave covered by a roof frame reveals the elegance of the choir, topped by a triumphal arch and comprising a Romanesque altar and a stone pulpit on either side of the pillars facing the nave. On the pillar on the right as you enter the church, on the way up to the altar, there is an inscription in Roman letters or numbers "mn4" meaning 1004, which shows that the pillar was baptised in 1004.