The most beautiful religious buildings Midi-Pyrénées

Its sandstone facade is so discreet that it should be warned to notice it. However, this chapel built in 1704 and restored from the 2000 s contains small treasures: a Christ paper of the th century, an altar Louis XIV and a collection of sacred objects, which make this little church a nice museum very popular with Baroque art or pilgrims of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle. The site is visited free of charge thanks to the commitment and dedication of the volunteers of the Friends of the Chapel association.

The Abbey of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is an ancient Benedictine monastery founded in 778-780. Like many religious buildings, it suffered many damages after the Revolution. The cloister is a rare example of transitional architecture between the Romanesque and the Gothic. This cloister is also worth a visit for the polychromy of its marble. As for the robust church, it is worth a visit for its lintel, the oldest stone dated Romanesque sculpture (1020).