First written entry 959 (≈ 959)
Mention in the cartular of Notre-Dame de Nîmes.
Fin XIe - Début XIIe siècle
Building construction
Building construction Fin XIe - Début XIIe siècle (≈ 1225)
Period of construction of the current church.
11 avril 1967
Historical monument classification
Historical monument classification 11 avril 1967 (≈ 1967)
Official church ranking.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Church (Box B 30): Order of 11 April 1967
Key figures
Information non disponible - No character mentioned
No reference in the sources.
Origin and history
Saint-Félix de Saint-Félix-de-Pallières Church is a 12th-century Romanesque building built in the Gard department in the Occitan region. It has been classified as historical monuments since 11 April 1967. Its architecture is distinguished by a semicircular bedside adorned with lesenes and a frieze of gear teeth, characteristic of the Romanesque style.
Attached to a residential castle, this church could have been the old chapel of the castle or the primitive church of the locality. The castle, later built, would have annexed the religious building. The choir, remarkable for its clovered plan, features semicircular apsidioles on the inside and rectangular on the outside, decorated with triple arches resting on lesenes. The nave, built during a second campaign, shows a change in the seating heights west of the choir.
The church is mentioned as early as 959 in the cartular of Notre-Dame de Nîmes, although the current building dates mainly from the late 11th and early 12th centuries. An ancient stand, illuminated by a Romanesque window, is at the bottom of the nave. The set reflects a medieval religious architecture typical of the region, adapted to the needs of a local community organized around its place of worship.
