Religious heritage

Churches and chapels

The churches – Mysterious sculptures

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.

Brommat

• A 15th-century gothic church
• 17th-century archways
• Carved lamp-base shaped corbels
• Combed bell-tower

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.

Murols

• A 15th-century priory administered by the bishopric of Rodez
• Roman choir
• Archway rebuilt in the 18th century
• Sculptures

Mur de Barrez, l’église 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.

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.

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

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.

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.