Église paroissiale de Saint Geniez d'Olt
Located on the right bank of the Lot, the parish church is Romanesque and was transformed in the early 18th century.
Access to the building is via a double spiral balustered staircase. To the right of this staircase, on the site of the former grain market, is the carved portal of the N-D de Juéry Chapel (formerly located on the road to Pomayrols)
The primitive Romanesque nave (1st current span) ends in a flat chevet decorated with an altarpiece called the Olta Viel (Old Altar) with twisted columns. The painting, representing the Last Supper, was bought in Livorno in 1650.
To the right, the Chapel of the Frezals (Paul Frezals, president of the Parliament of Toulouse in the 18th century) preserves a tombstone and the mausoleum of Monseigneur Frayssinous (1765-1841), peer of France and tutor of the dolphin, the Count of Chambord. The bas-relief, sculpted by Gayrard, illustrates Charles X presenting his nephew, the Duke of Bordeaux, to Monsignor Frayssinous.
The new church, built from 1704 on the plans of Jean Paraté, has 6 chapels, including the chapel of St Roch (brotherhood of architects and masons), the chapel of St Eutrope (brotherhood of weavers), the chapel of the Guardian Angels (18th century). The choir is illuminated by 4 stained glass windows from the 18th century representing the 4 evangelists. The canopy supporting the glory of St Geniez, is a masterpiece of baroque art (1763).
