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This Romanesque church was built in the 11th and 12th centuries, then altered in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was the subject of a double Auvergne and Berrichone influence. It also has some important furniture: crossroads cross from the end of the 14th century, Sainte-Barbe in stone from the 15th century, Pieta in stone from the 15th century, and a magnificent Saint Madeleine from the end of the 15th century.

The church is located in the French department of Aveyron, in the town of Nant. The town of Nant is located at the confluence of two rivers, the Dourbie and the Durzon, between Grands Causses and CÈvennes. Gallia Christiana reports the legend making the monastery of Saint-Pierre was a creation of Saint Amand, Bishop of Maastricht, in the kingdom of Austrasia, around 669. The monastery would have been destroyed a century later by the Saracens. The first text quoting the Church of Saint-Pierre dates from February 11, 926. Bernard, viscount of Rouergue, and his wife, Udalgarde, give the abbey of Vabres all the goods they have in Nant, including a statue of Saint Peter, to build a monastery dedicated to Saint Peter of Rome. The monastery of Nant received numerous donations from the counts of Toulouse and Rouergue during the 11th century. In 961, Raymond I, count of Rouergue, bequeathed property to the priory. The Bishop of Lodêve, Fulcrand, donated his share in the family chateau of Roquefeuil in 988. In the 11th century, the Saint-Victor abbey in Marseille led a policy of expansion in the southern Rourgue. In 1082, ÈvÍque de Rodez submited the Saint-Amans de Rodez abbey and the Vabres abbey, with their outbuildings, to Saint-Victor abbey.

The church of Saint Pierre de Clages is mentioned for the first time in 1153, but it is thought that a church existed in the first half of the 11th century. The church was last restored in the 1960s. It is a very well preserved Romanesque monument.

The first mention of the church of Beausaint dates back to the 15th century. The plan includes a west tower, a nave, a choir completed by three sections, and two sacristies to the north. The furnishing of the church was completed in 1893. It was renovated in 2013: painting and renovation of the stained glass windows.

On the outside, the massive old tower painted white catches the eye with its surprising wooden gallery and above all a loggia in Louis XIV style, supported by three figures. Three times a year, the hunt with holy relics was displayed for the faithful in this loggia.

The square church tower dating from 1671 stands out even at night thanks to its lighting. In disrepair in 1901, it was rebuilt in 1908. The whitewashed interior has some 14th-century gothic fonts and several statues and statuettes of saints. The choir’s stained glass window depicts the patrons of the parish, Sainte Anne and Saint Rémy.

Surrounded by the cemetery and completed in 1867, St. Roch's Chapel is a building in flake-stone (probably Ottré's) and bluestone, in an eclectic style, typical of the Belgian monumental style of the 19th century.

The St. Sava Temple in Belgrade is the largest Orthodox temple in the Balkans. It was erected on the relics of Saint Sava, the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The construction of the temple began in 1939 and is still in progress.

This Greek Orthodox church is located right in front of a Catholic church, which is quite rare and contributes to the particularity of the building. It was built by the inhabitants from 1868 to 1874, on a former chapel. A semi-gothic church, it is supported by impressive buttresses.

This church, which dates from the 12th and 13th centuries, has a magnificent Romanesque bell tower. This bell tower is the only part of the church that remains from the first period of work in the 12th century. A campaign to restore the church, in order to give it back its clean and authentic appearance, took place from May 2011 to August 2013.