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The Saint-Cybard church, located in La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois (Charente), is a religious building dating back to the 2nd half of the 13th century. Built in a Gothic style, it was erected as a collegiate church in 1267, with the addition of houses for priests. Its bell tower, completed in 1332, marked a first phase of development. The bells were installed in 1555, before the Hundred Years and Religion wars completely destroyed the building twice.

Between 1588 and 1620, the church was restored after these destructions. During the Revolution, she served in decader worship and was looted, with the loss of her ornaments and paintings. Catholic worship was restored in 1800. Classified as a Historical Monument in 1909, it preserves traces of its reconstructions of the sixteenth, seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, reflecting its turbulent history.

The building, owned by the commune, is today an architectural testimony to the religious and political upheavals in the region. Its bell tower and Gothic structure, modified over the centuries, illustrate successive adaptations to meet cultural needs and historical hazards. The precise location, noted as satisfactory a priori (level 7/10), makes it a central landmark in the urban landscape of La Rochefoucauld.

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