Saint-Cirq-et-Sainte-Juliette, Saint-Cirq Lapopie

Church built in the 12th century first intended to be the Chapel of the castle of the lords. A new church was built two to three centuries later on top of the previous one.

About this building

Building with an elongated plan, preceded by a massive, high bell-tower-porch housing the portal. A turret runs along this same bell tower up to its bell chamber.

Key Features

  • Architecture

Visitors information

  • Bus stop within 100m
  • Parking within 250m

Other nearby buildings

Cahors Cathedral

Construction began in the 12th century, a period of which little remains. The cathedral was completed in 1700. The Second World War inflicted damage to the building, which lost its stained glass windows during a bombing raid. New stained glass windows were inaugurated in 2000 by the Dutch artist Jan Dibbets and the glassmaker Jean Muret.

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Chapel Saint-Martin de Rinhodes

The chapel Saint-Martin de Rinhodes is located in Ols-et-Rinhodes, in Occitanie (Midi-Pyrénées). The chapel was initially a parish church attached to the diocese of Cahors until the Revolution and then became a rural chapel dependent on the bishopric of Rodez. Construction dates from the 11th-12th century, and currently the east and west walls remain from the period, as well as the pinnacle arcade on the west gable. The two side chapels give it a curious Greek cross plan.

Collégiale de Villefranche-de-Rouergue

The building dates from the 13th century, in 1252, after the medieval basilica was transferred to the other side of the bank. The revolution spared the church, which was transformed first into the Temple of the Supreme Being, then into a fodder store. The bell tower is saved from demolition by placing a statue of the goddess at its top.