Built in 1475, work was completed in 1496 and the chapel was built on the model of the Riom Sainte-Chapelle. As a Sainte-Chapelle, it housed a relic of the Passion of Christ, a thorn in his crown.
The chapel has an elongated longitudinal plan, is oriented and ends with a polygonal apse. The south façade is flanked by annexes and a quadrangular tower.
The first construction of the church dates back to 1016, but it did not take its final shape until the end of the 12th century, when the choir and transept were erected as they are now. The rest of the building collapsed for lack of maintenance in 1727 and was rebuilt in 1734.
The church was originally a Romanesque church built to house a college of twelve canons regular, founded in 1061 and 1078 by the Count of Aquitaine, William VI.
The church of Sainte-Anne was built in 1845 on a hill called "le Calvaire". It includes 800 m2 of astonishing frescoes created in 1956 by Nicolaï Greschny, an Estonian painter.
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