FRANCE - Conques
Midi-Pyrénées
Conques is built on a hillside and has classic narrow medieval streets. The town was largely passed by in the nineteenth century, and was saved from oblivion by the efforts of a small number of passionate people. As a result, the historic core of the town has very little construction dating from between 1800 and 1950, leaving the medieval structures remarkably intact.
The St. Foy abbey-church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1998, as part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France.
BEST TIME to VISIT CONQUES
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to FRANCE
From May to October
St. Foy abbey-church and the village
St. Foy abbey-church
St. Foy abbey-church
St. Foy abbey-church
St. Foy abbey-church - old house
village - old houses
village
old house
old houses
the village - old houses and garden
Two "modern" pilgrims - The St. Foy abbey-church was, and still is, a popular stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela
village
shop
beautfiful sight on the village
the village
Saint Foy abbey-church
St. Foy abbey-church - large Romanesque carving of the Last Judgment in the tympanum over the main doors. It was sculpted between 1107 and 1125, under Abbot Boniface. The scene is full of activity, expression and detail, and some of the original colored paint still remains.
St. Foy abbey-church - Carving detail of the Last Judgment in the tympanum : definitely the hell side
St. Foy abbey-church - Carving detail of the Last Judgment in the tympanum : Christ in Majesty presides over the scene in the center
St. Foy abbey-church - Carving detail of the Last Judgment in the tympanum : definitely the heaven side
St. Foy abbey-church - Carving detail of the Last Judgment in the tympanum : heaven on the left and hell on the right
St. Foy abbey-church - Carving detail of the Last Judgment in the tympanum : definitely the hell side
Saint Foy Abbey-church is impressive : The interior length is 56 meters, the width of each transept is 4 meters and the height of the crossing tower is 26.40 meters tall.
Saint Foy Abbey-church
Saint Foy Abbey-church
Saint Foy Abbey-church