Carennac - Saint-Pierre

Carennac is a very picturesque village perching above the banks of the Dordogne river. The village is one of "Les Plus Beaux Villages de Franc". Not much seems to have changed within the last centuries.

In 1047 a priory had been founded here, depending from the Benedictine abbey Saint-Pierre in Moissac and so woven into the "cluniac system". Saint-Pierre, now the parish church of Carennac, was erected within the 11th/12th century.

The sun was going down, when we walked back to the chambre d'hôtes. Now we could see Saint-Pierre from east. The structure has a square choir. This is uncommon for the 11th century. As the village suffered strongly under the Hundred Years War, that caused a lot of damage here. The choir may be erected, when the rebuilding process had started in the second half of the 15th century.