Montsalvy, FR

Church of Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Montsalvy

The church of Montsalvy, which depended on the abbey of Saint Géraud d'Aurillac, dates from the second half of the 11th century. It is the main vestige of what was in the Middle Ages one of the most important abbeys of the region which still surprises us by its unusual dimensions.

About this building

The church is a Romanesque building with a nave, two aisles, a transept and three apsidioles. The building includes as remarkable elements a cultural art treasure room and a wooden statue of Christ.

Key Features

  • Monuments
  • Interior features

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Church of Saint-Antoine

The church of St. Anthony is dedicated to St. Anthony, the Egyptian whose body was brought back from Constantinople to La Motte aux Bois in the eleventh century. It is thought that in the 13th century the Baron de Calvinet founded the commandery of the hospital order of Saint-Antoine de Viennois on the site of the current church. Wars of religion contributed to the destruction of the hospital, with only the chapel of the Commandery surviving Calvinist destruction and the Revolution.

Saint-Martin, Marcoles

Former Chapel of the Benedictine priory dependent on the Abbey of Saint-Géraud d'Aurillac, the church of Saint-Martin is a Gothic building from the 15th century. The imposing dimensions of the nave show the importance of Marcolès at the end of the Middle Ages.

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