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Church of Belcastel

Monument in Belcastel

Church of Belcastel - Monument in Belcastel
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The church has passed through the centuries, and every century has brought its imprint, pomp or harm. We will note those who contributed to the perenniality of the place, such as this school of sculpture which officiated at Belcastel in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, spreading an original work throughout Europe, and leaving here some statues classified historical furniture: Saint Anthony, A Virgin with the child, Saint Mary Magdalene the patroness of the place, or Saint Christopher. A rather original style, you will find. The church was also renovated or restored in the 18th and 19th centuries. The last date in 1999, which gives the church its present appearance. In particular, this calvary painted by Casimir Ferrer, illuminated at the same time as the church, demonstrates that among all that allowed the village to be reborn, art in all its forms took its share.

Alzias de Sauhac, it was he who made the castle a fortress, and he who built the church in the late 1430s. If you advance towards the altar, you will see to your left the tomb of this great man of 1,47 m, depicted lying on his feet, on a lion watching over him in the kingdom of the dead. The lion is one of the symbols of the family's coat of arms.

It is represented with two tails, one signifying power, the other fertility. Also on this coat of arms is the crown of thorns of Christ and the fleur-de-lys, a royal symbol which inherited the de Saunhac in thanks for having participated in the rescue of King Saint-Louis after the Battle of Mansourah in Egypt. Of the 6th Crusade, in 1250.

Address9 Belcastel, Belcastel

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