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The church of Saint-Pierre de Naves, located in the department of Corrèze in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is a Catholic religious building dating back to the first half of the 14th century. It is distinguished by a unique nave vaulted with warheads, characteristic of the Gothic architecture of this period. The church underwent notable changes, with the addition of a span to the east in the nineteenth century and the construction of two lateral chapels in the eighteenth century (including a date of 1747). A staircase turret adorns its southern flank, while an arcade bell tower dominates the whole.

The history of the church is linked to that of the local monastery. As early as the 6th century (circa 572), Saint-Yriex and his mother Sainte-Pélagie had ceded the primitive religious edifice to the monastery of Tulle, transforming the site into a monastic provost dependent on Tulle Abbey. This provost, who named the parish priest and perceived the tithes, even possessed a castle adjacent to the north of the church. The choir furniture, including a walnut altarpiece carved by Pierre and Jean Duhamel, has been listed as a historic monument since 1890, while the building itself was inscribed in 1977.

Architecturally, the church illustrates several epochs: its initial Gothic structure (XIVth century), its lateral chapels (XVIII-XIXth centuries), and its steeple typical of Limous churches. The site, owned by the commune of Naves, preserves traces of its monastic and seigneurial past, although its precise location (2 Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville) is today marked by a cartographic accuracy deemed mediocre (level 5/10).

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