Évol Church of Saint Andrew

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The Saint-André d'Évol church () is a Roman Catholic church located in the hamlet of Evol, in the commune of Olette, in the French department of the Pyrénées-Orientales and in the Occitanie region. Built in the 11th century, Saint Andrew's Church was enlarged in the 18th century. From 1577 it was the seat of a company of the rosary active for centuries, which retained instead a cult activity despite the loss of its status as parish church at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

The entire building was listed as a historic monument in 1943. Its Latin cross plan consists of a nave extended to the east by a semicircular apse, a large chapel of the rosary to the north and a bell tower to the south. The apse and bell tower are decorated with Lombard arches.

The interior of the apse is original by two semicircular apsidioles located in hollow in the walls, its exterior by the width of its lesenes separating the arcatures. A conjurador, placed in front of the church, was used by the priest to repel the bad fate and in particular the strong thunderstorms, frequent in the area, attributed to the well-known witches...