Heptagonal Church of Saint Mary, Rieux Minervois

The construction of the parish church Saint Paul-Serge de Bagnoles began in the fourth century. Later renovated in the Romanesque style, it first served as a chapel at the Château de Bagnoles. After falling into ruins, the chapel became a church and was rebuilt and enlarged in the Gothic style. The interior furniture is carved in the red marble of Caunes Minervois.

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.

This marvelous church is of southern Gothic style characterized by a nave without collateral, nor transept, nor ambulatory like the churches of Narbonnais. First a Carolingian church dating from the 9th century and then a Romanesque church preceded the current building. This Gothic-style church was built in the 13th and 14th centuries.