Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

About

Originally Romanesque, this church underwent different stages of construction, identifiable from the remaining architectural elements: a richly decorated Romanesque apse, a later nave and portal in the Gothic style.

The chancel and apse of the church date from the 11th century. Originally, the building housed two bells in a bell tower-arcade. The first, Marie-Jeanne, was lost and melted down.
The second bears an inscription engraved in bronze: "His godfather Lord Jean François Viscount de La Rochefoucauld, knight of the King's order, Marshal of his camps and armies, Baron of Surgères, Vouhé, etc... and his godmother Lady Anne Sabinne Rosalie de Chauvelin his wife. La Vauzelle, founder in La Rochelle, year 1770."

In the 17th century, the church was under the jurisdiction of the archpriest of Surgères. It was restored in the 19th century, and the collapsed vaults were replaced with a timber frame. The last bay retains some interesting Romanesque capitals.
The Romanesque apse is vaulted in the bottom of the oven and has capitals carved with interlacing.

The church was listed in the Inventory of Historical Monuments in 1928.