Saint-Chamant - Saint-Amant

When the church, dedicated to Saint Amans de Rodez, got erected within the 12th century, it was dependent from the abbey Saint-Martin in Tulle (20kms north). It is known, that Humbaud, bishop of Limoges, consecrated a church here in 1094, but at that time the structure cannot have been completed

Here is the portal of Saint-Amant. Due to the thick walls erected for the fortification of the tower, it is not symmetrically any longer. The tympanum depicts Christ, flanked by angels, and below the Virgin with the apostles. All capitals got damaged during the French Revolution, fortunately the vandals did not have a ladder.