route 14 Circular route of the parks

Built in the XII century on the bank of the Sar river it is, next to the Cathedral, the church that keeps the most of its original Romanesque stonework.
On the outside, the hardy flying buttresses built between the XVII and XVIII centuries to protect the northern walls and avoid their collapse are particularly noteworthy: whether it was because of a technical error during construction, because of the daring elevation of the lateral naves, because of the sliding of the unstable terrain, which is frequently flooded by the river, on which the church seats, or because of the will of those who worked in its construction, the interior walls and columns are visibly leaning, which gives it a unique appeal and forced the remake of the barrel vault in the XVI century.
The interior impresses everyone who visits thanks to the tilt of the columns towards the lateral naves, which causes a sensation of instability. The baptismal font, to the right of the main door, is an interesting archeological piece from the XII century.
Through the sacristy one reaches the cloisters, the only one in the city in Romanesque style. Only one of the wings remains, everything else was created during the XVII and XVIII centuries. A large collection of archeological and liturgical pieces are on display inside.
The Collegiate Church is also home to the Collegiate Church of Sar Museum, founded in 1975, where pieces of great historical and documentary value, such as the temple’s foundational scroll, can be found. The archeological section is made up of a series of pieces from the old Romanesque cloisters, done by Master Mateo or his disciples.