Église Saint-Jean l’Évangéliste d'Ouveillan

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Église Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste is a Romanesque church located in Ouveillan in the French department of Aude in the Occitan region.

History: In the 9th century, a modest Carolingian chapel stands on the site of the present church: the existence of this chapel (located under the present church) is attested by a document of 895 which mentions a donation "of a vineyard piece" made to the church of Ouveillan. In 1090 Archbishop Dalmace linked the church (and its heritage became important) to the Saint-Just Chapter of Narbonne and created a community of canons. As the church's heritage had increased, the old Carolingian building was destroyed at the beginning of the 12th century to replace it with a more majestic Romanesque church whose bedside and western façade and porch remained mainly.

The Romanesque church will then undergo many changes over the centuries:

14th century: construction of a chapel (now disappeared) on the south flank, at the height of the choir span; 1368: first episode of fortification of the church, at the time of the rides of the Black Prince in Languedoc; 1565 : the bell tower, damaged by lightning,...