Ales Cathedral

The Church of Saint-Paul church is located in Saint-Paul-la-Coste, in the Cévennes National Park, in Occitania. This Romanesque church has existed since the twelfth century, is joined to an older watchtower. It was destroyed in 1621 during the wars of religion, then restored. It was then burned by Camisards in 1702 and renovated in the 19th century. Paintings from the Romanesque period were discovered under the coatings in 1999.

The Church of Saint-Julien church is located in Saint-Julien-d'Arpaon, in Occitania. It was built in shale stone in the 12th century. It is remarkable for its architecture, that is characterised by its square choir and chevet. The beautiful Romanesque building is one of the few examples of the style found in Lozère. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the church suffered damage during the wars of religion, and in the Revolution. Visitors can still admire frescoes in the chapels.

St. Paul's Church is a neo-Romanesque building built between 1835 and 1849 to the plans of the architect Charles-Auguste Questel. Renowned artists participated in the decoration of the church: All the hinges and locks of the exterior and interior doors were made in 1845 by the ironworker Pierre Boulanger, who designed the remarkable hinges of the central portal of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The church has frescoes by Hippolyte Flandrin. Its organ was built in 1848 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.