Eglise Saint-Amans-du-Ram
Beautiful Romanesque building with double rolls and decorated capitals.
Romanesque nave and choir (12th and 13th century). Chapels were added in the 15th and 16th centuries. Sarcophagi dug into the rock are located 200 meters behind the church.
Saint Amans du Ram, formerly Saint Amans de Uquiera (1256), depended on the manse of the chapter of Rodez. It was the seat of a community of priests
Origin: 1082 and beginning of the 12th century. The monks of the Abbey of Saint Léons (brotherhood of Saint Victor de Marseille) built a chapel in the Romanesque style on the edge of the plateau between Vialettes and Ram, under the patronage of Saint Amans. The carefully cut and sculpted sandstone of the master builder captures the attention and reveals the beauty of the building. During the 14th century, following the dilapidation and abandonment of the church of Le Ram (whose patron saint was Saint Michel) the chapel of Saint Amans gradually became a church and was erected as the parish of Saint Amans du Ram. During the 15th and 16th centuries, five chapels in Gothic style and the bell tower were added to the monument. Two chapels are reported on May 11, 1509; one under the invocation of St George, founded by Pierre Watte du Roucous, the other under the invocation of St John, founded by Vésian Soleri.
To see also on the commune: the castle of Vezins, the Templar tower of La Clau (outside visits only), the viewpoints of the Pic du Pal and Beauregard, the gardens of Mercié (sale of medicinal plants...).
