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The church of Saint-Pierre de Lubilhac, located at the place known as Lubilhac in the commune of Coux (Ardèche), is mentioned from the Middle Ages in the cartular of the Abbey of Saint-Chaffre as a monastic property. Probably built in the 11th century, it was abandoned around the 16th century, transformed into a barn or barn before being restored from 1996 by its current owner, Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière. The works, completed in the 21st century, reconstructed its original Romanesque aspect, including a sandstone dressing and a reconstructed northern chapel identical to the southern chapel.

The architecture combines a Latin cross plan with a semi-circular bedside and a vaulted Gothic seigneurial chapel on a cross of warheads. The restorations included modern elements such as stained glass windows by Gérard Garouste (installed in 2011) and an octagonal drum dome. The building, inscribed in the historic monuments on May 15, 2012, now bears the arms of the Ladreit de Lacharrière family at the cross of the vaults.

The recent history of the church is marked by its rescue from an advanced state of disrepair and by media controversy: the weekly Les Potins d'Angèle revealed in 2012 the intervention of Prime Minister François Fillon, friend of the owner, to obtain his registration after a first administrative refusal. Today attached to the parish Mother Teresa (Country of Privas), it illustrates the rehabilitation of a medieval heritage by private patrons.

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