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The church of Notre-Dame de Vauvert, located in La Palud-sur-Verdon in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, is a building mainly built in the 12th century. Its bell tower, erected in the 11th century and redesigned in the 12th century, is decorated with Lombardic bands and inscribed in the Historical Monuments since 1927 (or 1948 according to sources). The nave, composed of six vaulted spans in the middle of the hanger, is separated from a pentagonal bedside by a concrete wall, while the sacristy occupies an old seigneurial chapel of the 15th or 16th century, vaulted under a cross-drought.

The church was removed from the stately possession of the Moustiers by a pontifical bubble and depended on the cathedral chapter of Riez from the twelfth century until its suppression in 1801. A 17th century Demandolx seigneurial chapel now serves as a sacristy. Between 1867 and 1870, the nave and the abside were rebuilt because of their degraded condition, leaving only the bell tower and the seigneurial chapel as elements prior to the 19th century.

Built in limestone, hard stones and tuf, the church illustrates Provencal Romanesque architecture. Its square bell tower and its arched sacristy dogives testify to stylistic evolutions between the 11th and 17th centuries. The building, owned by the commune, remains a notable example of the medieval religious heritage of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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