Eglise collégiale de Salles-Curan
Collegiate CHURCH: Glèisa de Las Salas or Gleisa Sant-Guirald.
In 1452, with the agreement of Guillaume de La Tour, bishop of Rodez, the parish priest of Salles-Curan and the workers (the people responsible for the work) entrusted the construction of the new church to Dardé Alaus, a mason and renowned architect from Saint Beauzély. He is the author of the ramparts of La Couvertoirade, La Cavalerie and Sainte-Eulalie de Cernon sur le Larzac. He kept the lease, written in langue d'Oc, to have his seigneurial chapel built on the site of the old feudal castle dating from Pépin le Bref. In 1456, the Pope authorized the creation of a chapter or college of priests. Six canons and two clerics made up this college. The church became a collegiate church. The coat of arms of François d'Estaing, bearing the three fleurs-de-lis, is sculpted above the entrance portal. The lily is the symbol of the Virgin Mary and royal emblem. Thirty stalls, each with its mercy decorated with fanciful subjects, make up the choir, closed by a choir grate. The decoration and furnishings are worth a careful visit: stained glass windows from the end of the 15th century, richly carved pulpit, vault with liernes and tiercerons, stoup.
