The Romanesque church of Saint-Amâtre de Prangey, and in particular the western part of the building, dates from the second half of the 12th century, when the village grew up around the castle. Other buildings were subsequently added to the original church. In the first half of the 16th century, a new two-bay choir was added to the east of the old one. The old choir was joined by a chapel to the north and the new choir was framed by two chapels shortly afterwards. The Renaissance-style chapel to the north was built in 1720 as a seigneurial chapel. At that time, there was also another chapel in the castle, to which the lord appointed the beneficiary.
In 1789, the church was administered by the church of Saint-Amatre and came under the jurisdiction of the diocese and deanery of Langres. The sacristy probably dates from the 19th century and the Romanesque nave has recently been restored.
The building has a Latin cross floor plan and comprises a single nave with two bays of barrel vaulting, a bell tower crowned by a square slate-roofed spire, a rib-vaulted choir preceded by three bays (the first two bays of the fore-choir are barrel-vaulted, while the last is rib-vaulted).
The neighbouring hamlet of Vesvres-sous-Prangey (Vavra) never had a church or chapel because it had the same lords and the same status as the village of Prangey and was therefore dependent on the parish church.
Eglise Saint-Grégoire de Prangey
