L'église Saint Laurent

Built in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, it was vandalised during the Wars of Religion. Several renovations have been carried out, including vaulting in the 17th century.

The stone bell tower, with its spire and four pyramidions, is similar to those of most churches in the Briançonnais.

There are at least two overlapping sundials.
The oldest is circular and similar to the one at Aiguilles (1838). A photograph from the early 20th century shows the old sundial on the front of the church: it was just under 2m in diameter and had no frame.
The largest is surrounded by a floral decoration in the style of the one in the Fantin house in the heart of the village (dated 1734 and restored by Rémi Potey).
This church dial was painted over the previous one, with an ochre square framing the old motif.

At the base of the bell tower wall you can see the remains of a 16th-century fresco depicting Saint Michael and Saint Christopher.

A semi-circular porch framed by colonnettes is sheltered by a contemporary canopy.

The sculpted capitals on the columns depict figures and foliage.

The nave with its three bays was enlarged after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 to accommodate the new converts. The furnishings include 19th-century statues, an 18th-century choir altarpiece, paintings and a gallery, a 19th-century pulpit and a stone font.

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