The church Saint-Nicolas in Nonette

Keep driving on the road D127, and then take the D48 and D909 in direction of Saint-Germain-Lembron, the D214 in direction of Auzat-sur-Allier and the D123 in direction of Nonette.

This church, mid-Romanesque, mid-gothic was at the origin the headquarters of a priory of La Chaise-Dieu, which was under the patronage of Saint-Nicolas since the second part of the 11th century. The big building adjoining it would be the work of the Benedictines. The armorial of Revel, dating back to the middle of the 15th century, shows a quite different image of the actual building, especially on the representation of the bell tower. The nave still have Romanesque sculptures (on the baskets figured), completing the bestiary of the Western portal. In the choir, the sculptures correspond more to the gothic style that place itself more in the gothic tradition of the Bourbonnais and the Ile-de-France. The chapel called “chapel of the kings”, orientated at the North, is also marked by the gothic style, but later (gothic flamboyant) because it dates back to the 15th century. The name of this chapel is related to the altarpiece extremely rare in Auvergne. It has unfortunately been burned during the French Revolution in 1793. It has been rediscovered only in 1976. The frame keeps features of the gothic style but the pilasters Renaissance allowed to date this altarpiece between the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century.

*Remarkable furniture in the Northern chapel: “Le Beau Dieu”. It is a chest in marble dating back to the 14th century (Historical Monument in 1903). It would come from the chapel of the castle constructed by the Duc de Berry. The sculpture would be attributed to André Beauneveu, sculptor from Valencienne who had worked for the Duc in Nonette in 1387.