Cathédrale Saint-Benoît

The Saint Eloi church is located in Le Salvetat-Lauragais in Haute-Garonne. Erected in the center of the village, this former priory became a parish church and is surrounded by a cemetery. It was built in the sixteenth century, on foundations of a fifteenth century building. The church, with walls of shale rubble and pink bricks, has a nave closed by a choir with three sides. A bell tower is surmounted by a hexagonal turret, topped by a slate steeple.

The current Albi Cathedral building, made of brick, replaces an old stone cathedral. It was built over two centuries, from 1282 to 1480, with notable complications such as a fire destroying the roof in the 14th century. The interior is richly decorated with paintings from the late 15th / early 16th century. In the 18th century, the façade threatened to collapse and was rebuilt. Its impressive dimensions make Albi Cathedral the largest brick cathedral in the world.

The origin of the chapel of Our Lady of the Gardie Conques-sur-Orbiel dates back to 1253. It was destroyed several times from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, and was sold during the Revolution before being enlarged and restored in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. There are the relics of Saint Flavie and a virgin of the fourteenth century, and the statue of N. D. de la Gardie from the sixteenth century attracts many pilgrims.