• Source: Saint-Bonnet-de-Four

      • Saint-Bonnet-de-Four (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bɔnɛ də fuʁ]; Occitan: Sant Bonet de Forn) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.


      Population




      Sights


      Church of Saint Bonnet, with its bent steeple and ornate doors.
      The original church dates from the 11th century and is a designated historic monument. In the 14th century, a Gothic chapel was added on the right of the transept.
      The steeple was struck by lightning in 1894 and rebuilt from green wood that subsequently warped and became a local curiosity. In 1978, when the church was restored, the requirement that it be rebuilt exactly like the original meant that the 1/8 turn in the steeple had to be maintained.


      See also


      Communes of the Allier department


      References

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