Notre-Dame Church

The Notre Dame Church of Vergheas has conserved numerous elements of romanesque decoration in the chapel. Restored in the 1960's the church has contemporary stained glass windows by Alain Makaraviez.
Romanesque decoration on the chevet: semicircular bay topped by a string of billets that continue on the buttresses, sculpted modillions under the roof. The church is most famous for its wooden Madonna. It is said to have been brought back from the Crusades by local lords. It has a chequered history: it escaped a fire and was burnt at the stake during the Revolution. Stolen in 1976, it was returned in 2001.
Fiche patrimoine N°28 Collection Trésors des Combrailles, on sale at Combrailles tourist offices.