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Saint-Pierre Church, located in the Salles-de-Castillon in Gironde, is a 12th-century religious building built in the Romanesque era. It initially consists of a primitive chapel with a small apse covered in cul-de-four and a nave of two spans. Later, this chapel was enlarged by the addition of a larger church to the south, including a five-sided apse, a chorus span, a vaulted forerunner with a dome bearing the bell tower, and a nave with a single span.

In the 14th century, Gothic modifications were made: a vault on crossed warheads was added, the primitive door was closed, buttresses were built, and a new Gothic door was pierced in the west wall. The Romanesque bell tower is also raised from one floor. In the 18th century, the nave of the second Romanesque church was covered with a vault of ridges, and the little apse received a decor of murals.

The church of Saint-Pierre originally belonged to the Priory of La Fayotte, which belonged to the religious of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Chancelade in Périgord. In 1524, the priory was given as a beginning to the prothonotary Amanieu de Foix by the Pope, then passed to the seculars in 1570. The building is listed as historical monuments by order of October 5, 1925.

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