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Origin and history

The church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Montignac-Lascaux finds its origins in a first construction dated between the 5th and 7th centuries, located outside the walls of the city, near the Vézère. Attested by 11th century texts, it was gradually marginalized after the building of the church of Sainte-Marie in the village. In 1317 it became the capital of the archipriré de Montignac, but was abandoned in the 18th century: used as a stone quarry in 1766, it disappeared from the cadastre in 1813. A cross now marks its location.

The chapel of the White Penitents, built around 1689 with a bell tower, had several uses in the nineteenth century (house, theatre, catechism room) before being destroyed in 1895 to give way to the new Saint Peter church. The church, designed by architect Jules Mandin from 1892, preserved the old 14th-century bell tower, which was rebuilt in the 18th century. Paul Cocula's work, the present tower, was erected between 1933 and 1939 after a public subscription.

The medieval bell tower, classified as a historical monument in 1942, was finally destroyed in 1966. In 2025, the church enriched with a pipe organ, blessed August 3 during a solemn Mass, marking a new stage in its liturgical and cultural history. The instrument, made by the Warrior factor, was inaugurated by a concert by Eric Lebrun and Marie-Ange Luent.

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