The perched church in Dauzat-sur-Vodable

Follow the direction of Ardes-sur-Couze (road D23) and the one of Dauzat-sur-Vodable (road D32).

The church Saint-Géraud (Historical Monument in 1987) was constructed at the end of the 12th century-beginning of the 13th century, near an old parish which belonged to the abbey Saint-Géraud d’Aurillac. The church had, before, several statues of Saint-Géraud, but the establishment of the capital of the Dauphins d’Auvergne in Vodable at the end of the 13th century stopped this development of Dauzat. The painted decorations on all the building date back from the 16th to the 20th century.

On the whole, the sculptures of the capitals datable to the 13th century reveal a transition between the Romanesque and the gothic art, with naturalist representations peculiars to the gothic art and visages or masks keeping the fantastic character of the Romanesque style (faces, not much realism). They take part into the movement of the capitals of Ardes, Nonette or Saint-Austremoine in Issoire.