Eglise St Jacques Church, Bergerac
13th-century Romanesque church in centre of Bergerac's old town
The Saint-Jacques church sits at the top of a lovely square overlooking the historic centre of the city.
First built in the 12th century as a chapel on the pilgrim route to Compostela, it is essentially a Romanesque church but was enlarged in the 13th century when it became the medieval town's church. It has undergone many alterations over the centuries and the nave was completely rebuilt in the 18th century.
In the 19th-century it was deemed too small for its large congregation and a new church, the Eglise Notre Dame, was built and consecrated in 1865. St Jacques, however, far from being abandoned was renovated.
