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The chapel of Saint Marcellin de Boulbon, located in the cemetery north-west of the village, is a Romanesque building built in the 12th century. It succeeds an 11th century church, whose traces remain like a geminied window surmounted by a chrism and a cruciferous lamb. Dominating the plain, it is accessible by an alley lined with pine trees. Its architecture combines cut stone and honeycomb, with a square bell tower and a semicircular bedside covered with Roman tiles.

Consecrated around 1175 (dated engraved on a foothill), the chapel was a priory dependent on the Abbey of Cendrars, attested as early as 1198. In 1456, she passed under the authority of the Saint-Agricol d'Avignon chapter and housed the Retable de Boulbon, now exhibited at the Louvre. It served as a parish church until 1628. Its southern portal, adorned with a polylobed arch inspired by Umayyad art, bears witness to the influence of pilgrims on the roads of Compostela and Via Francigena.

The interior preserves a 14th century seigneurial fire, adorned with a lying and crying. Ranked a historic monument on December 21, 1904, the chapel blends defensive elements (mass foothills) with refined decorations, such as a frieze of gear teeth or asymmetrical capitals. Its history reflects the links between religious power, Provencal Romanesque art and medieval pilgrimage networks.

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