Église de Saint-Nazaire de Roujan, Pre-Romanesque chapel in Roujan, Hérault, France

The Église de Saint-Nazaire de Roujan is a small stone church in Roujan with a simple shape, square choir, and walls of rubble built between the 9th and 10th centuries. The interior shows two separate spaces, the nave and choir, connected by a triumphal arch and covered by a barrel vault.

Built in the 9th and 10th centuries, the chapel is first mentioned in 1086 as Ecclesia de Auberta. Later documents call it Prieur d'Auberte (1571) and Saint-Nazaire d'Oberte (1894). It was classified as a monument historique on 9 July 1981.

The church bears the name of Saint Nazarius and reflects the community's spiritual connection to this saint across centuries. The simple interior with its triumphal arch separating the nave from the choir shows how people gathered here for prayer and how the architecture guided their attention toward the altar.

The church sits away from the village in a quiet setting among fields and vineyards, reachable on foot. Since it is now private property, visitors should ask permission before entering the grounds.

The south portal and its projecting stone canopy were added in the 12th–13th centuries, yet the horseshoe arch over the doorway keeps a Visigothic form inherited from pre-Romanesque building. Look for the arch stones, narrower at the base than at the top.