Église Saint-Martin de Plaimpied, Former abbey church in Plaimpied-Givaudins, France

Église Saint-Martin de Plaimpied is a former abbey church built in the 11th and 12th centuries, measuring 40.40 metres long and 22.60 metres across the transepts. Its high nave has three vessels with pointed great arcades on compound piers, a 17th-century timber roof, and a Romanesque crypt beneath the whole choir. The west facade and first two bays were destroyed in the 16th century.

Begun around 1080 under Richard II, Archbishop of Bourges, the abbey church took about a century to build, with the chevet and transepts finished by 1130. During the Wars of Religion the western facade and first two bays were burned and never rebuilt, and the nave vault was lost. A 1654 restoration by commendatory abbot Antoine Fradet added a new facade and a 17th-century nave roof.

The church is known for the quality of its carved capitals, which date from the 11th and 12th centuries. In the south transept stands a 13th-century recumbent effigy of Richard II, archbishop of Bourges and founder of the monastery, who died in 1093. An inscription with a low relief of Saint George slaying the dragon, above the arms of abbot Anthoine Fradet, recalls the 1654 restoration.

The church stands in the bourg of Plaimpied-Givaudins, next to the tithe barn and the former abbot's lodging, close to the town hall and municipal park. The nave has only four bays: the west facade and first two bays were destroyed in the 16th century. The crossing tower was reduced by two-thirds of its height in 1750.

The 13th-century recumbent effigy of Richard II, the archbishop who founded the abbey and died in 1093, lies in the south transept. The crypt is said to have held his tomb. The church keeps two bells: Maria Magdalena, cast in 1644, and Sainte-Catherine, added in 1774; a planned bell tower was never built.