Situated in the heart of the town of Saint-Flour (Cantal), on the Place d'Armes lined with arcades and towards which many old streets converge. Like many religious buildings in the region, the black volcanic stone of Liozargues gives it a characteristic dark colour.
The Church of Saint-Maurice is located in Valuéjols, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Maurice, once a commune and parish, was attached to Valuéjols in the 19th century. The early Romanesque church consisted of a single buttressed nave, a flat chevet and a turret. From this time, a beautiful arched portal remains, decorated with billets. In the 19th century, a chapel and a comb tower were added. The interior is beautifully furnished, with among others, an altarpiece and a statuary.
The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Olives is located in Murat, Auvergne. A fire ravaged the building in 1493, but it was immediately rebuilt in its current layout. The building has a long nave with a choir with flat chevet. Enlarged over time, the church is now topped by a bell-tower that also serves as a porch. The Gothic style interior houses classified furniture: altars and altarpieces of the seventeenth century, priestly objects and several statues including a Notre-Dame-des-Oliviers.
The church of Saint-André was probably founded by Marguerite and Antoine de Rochefort d'Ally. The official existence of the building appears in 1141 in the act of foundation of the priory of Rochefort by Géraud de Rochefort d'Ally.
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