Aurillac, FR

Church of Notre-Dame aux Neiges, Aurillac

Former aurillacoise chapel of a convent of cordeliers dating from the Middle Ages, it was restored in the 17th century and a belfry was added late in 1848.

About this building

A southern-style building whose single nave was flanked, between the buttresses, by side chapels with false side aisles (late 14th century to the north; early 17th century to the south). The western portal has successively recessed scrolls and vaults, without a tympanum.

Key Features

  • Monuments

Visitors information

  • Space to secure your bike

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