Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur d'Asquins, Romanesque church in Asquins, France.

Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur d'Asquins stands on a hill above the village, built of pale stone under steep reddish-brown tiled roofs. A square tower with a tall pointed spire and a small cross rises on the left; the nave follows with rounded arched windows, and the building ends in a rounded apse with a conical roof. Inside, the nave has a 12th-century pointed barrel vault, with a 13th-century rib-vaulted north aisle and a 16th-century south aisle.

The church occupies its present site from the outset, on foundations dated to the 11th century. It was largely rebuilt over the centuries: the broken barrel-vaulted nave is 12th-century, the north aisle with ribbed vaults 13th-century, and the south aisle with a quarter-round vault 16th-century. In 1755 the bell tower, originally resting on the first bay of the south aisle, was moved onto the building's axis for symmetry, under abbot Grognot, who also installed panelling and choir decoration.

The church is dedicated to Saint James the Greater, whose reliquary bust in polychrome carved wood, made in the late 16th or early 17th century, has a hollow in the chest that once held relics. Its provenance is unknown. Since 2015 the building has no longer hosted Catholic worship and serves as a concert venue, notably during the Rencontres musicales de Vézelay festival.

The church stands on a knoll above the village; from its forecourt there is a wide view over the countryside and toward the Basilica of Vézelay. Since 2015 it has been closed for Catholic worship and is used as a concert hall, notably during the Rencontres musicales de Vézelay festival. Check locally before planning a visit inside.

The 13th- to 16th-century wall paintings in the former Saint-Vincent chapel, now the sacristy, were only rediscovered in 1967; they show figures beneath painted architecture. The chapelain Aymery Picaud, author of the Pilgrim's Guide (book V of the Liber Sancti Jacobi, 1135-1140), is remembered here by pilgrims.