Église St-Michel
Discover, at the same time as the medieval village of Castelnau-Pégayrols, its parish church, a symbol of Romanesque architecture.
In the years 1070-1082, Jean Langobard rebuilt the church founded by Bernard de Lévézou on an ancient place of worship for the abbey of Marseille in order to establish a Benedictine monastery.
The Romanesque architecture is characterized by a robust, severe aspect and a great harmony of proportions.
By its height, its sobriety, its luminosity and its acoustics, the building illustrates the rigour of monastic churches. The crypt under the choir houses a spring, a silent witness to a distant past that still holds many secrets today.
Still in activity, the church of Saint Michel is the parish church of the village and hosts concerts and recitals in the summer
This church is part of a circuit dedicated to Romanesque art: "Romanesque heritage along the valleys of the muse, raspes du tarn and surroundings".
