Monolithic Church of Saint-Émilion

The monolithic church of Saint Emilion is completely carved in limestone and underground, the rock architecture makes it look like an underground cathedral. It is one of the most extensive in Europe. The bell tower was built much later (the twelfth century to the fifteenth) and the church was carved directly into the stone, hence its name, the monolithic church. This church is the result of the enlargement of caves. It was said that some of the monks that dug were 55 years old. The interior is like the breadth of a ship, cut into the stone, a perfectly regular cutting of the vaults and pillars.