The religious heritage of Carladez

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The churches - Mysterious sculptures

In Albinhac:

A 15th-century gothic church with a single nave, and gate under porch.

The workman with his chisel took pleasure in populating the interior and main door with a host of interesting figures.

Mystery: The sculpture of death; 15th-century transept, unique in France.

In Brommat:

A 15th-century gothic church;

17th-century archways;
carved lamp-base shaped corbels;
combed bell-tower.

In Brommes:

A 12th-century choir; very fine small spherical vault;
A stone frieze decorates the top of the walls.
The external tower of the choir is very interesting with its cornice frieze and alternate suns and crosses, and especially the eighteen wonderful modillions or corbels.

In Peyrat:

A 15th-century church; a porch decorated with the Annunciation with two figures of saints.
It contains: a 16th-century font and 17th-century reredos.
In the chapel on the right, there is a traditional 17th-century scene representing Saint Agnès.

In Mur-de-Barrez, the church St Thomas de Canterbury:

Begun in the second half of the 12th century and completed in the first years of the 13th century.

Demolished as far as the transept about 1539 by the Calvinists, there were formerly seven archways around the main altar.

One, which survived detached from the church, can be seen from the Esplanade behind the church.

The present choir was built after 1600.

Mystery: A recumbent figure as keystone above the gallery, unique in France.

In Murols:

A 15th-century priory administered by the bishopric of Rodez;
Roman choir;
archway rebuilt in the 18th century;
sculptures.

In Nigresserre:

In the 13th century, this place was called Neira-Serra.
It was a commandery of the Templars, then the knights of St John of Jerusalem who were governed by the commandery in Narbonne.
The church of St Jean de l'Hôpital was also the parish church.
The building has a Roman nave and a flat 15th-century chevet.
The cemetery cross dates from the 15th century.

In Rueyres:

A Roman chevet. The altar stone comes from an altar removed from Rodez cathedral.
It thus symbolically links the small church in Rueyres to the bishopric.

In Thérondels:

A Roman church altered in the 15th and 16th centuries; carved lamp-base shaped corbels with figures symbolizing the deadly sins.

Mystery: To the right of the altar, the amazing Trinity illustrated by three faces with the same eyes, which could be Gallic in origin.

The chapels

The chapel in Laussac

The chapel in Manhaval:

This chapel dates from the end of the 11th century with a 19th-century side chapel.
Interior decoration probably of the 18th century; a regular priory.

The chapel of Notre Dame de Lez:

A place of pilgrimage.
The present building was built in 1745 (date inscribed on the keystone at the entry to the choir) and restored in 1837.
It contains 18th-century statues: Saint Martha and the monster, Mary Magdalene and the skull...
According to legend, the statue of the virgin was discovered in an ancient chestnut tree.

The chapel on the Laussac peninsula:

Only vestige of the monastery founded by Saint Gausbert.
The chapel was built in the year one thousand and contains the relics of its founder.

The convent of Sainte Claire:

In the chapel, there is the cross of St Damien painted in the style of an icon by one of the Clarisse nuns.