The Valley of Serre

5 points of interest

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  History and heritage

  Church of St Saturnin de Lenne

  The first church of St Saturnin de Lenne, which dominates the Serre valley, was built during the 11th century. It had been reconstructed during the 12th century, then enlarged during the 13th.

  During the 11th century, Bégon de Calmont gave the churches of St Saturnin and La Roque to the abbey of Conques. Around 1100, monks started to reconstruct the church. But works stopped.
  During the 13th century, the tower was completed by the building of a bell room lighted by 4 bays and covered by a dome with shale tiles.
  The 19th century brought numerous transformations : bays were opened in the east end, 2 bays were added between 1852 and 1856. Finally, an architech of Mende proposed to elevate the bell tower and to add a roof light of 8 small columns, of the Neo-Byzantine style.

  Outside, sculptures represent historiated scenes (birds, horsemen, ...) from the end of the 11th century, in particular on the modillions of the east end and the transept.

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  Archeology

  Gallo-Roman villa of Campfaros

  In 1988, during the creation of a subdivison, a part of ruins of a important Gallo-Roman villa in activity during the second part of the 1st and the 5th century, was discovered.

  The remains are the western side of the urban part. 

  The thermal baths, for the owner and his family, are situated in succession, for the coldest to the hotest, as required.
  
  People passed by the cold water pool to places heated by the floor.

  
  Text from Philippe Gruat, coming from "Al Canton-Campagnac"
  

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  History and heritage

  Mansion of Grun

  Mansion from the 17th century and its pigeon house.
  Its corners have turrets allowing a defence of the fronts.

  In 1755, it was one of the most important domain of the region: 4 pairs of oxes, 31 animals with horns, 4 mares, 408 animals which produced wool. The domain produced wheat, rye, barley, oats.

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  History and heritage

  Church of Lenne

  The small Gothic church of Lenne was built at the end of the 15th century.

  Inside, there is a copy of the statue of the Enthroned Virgin, coming from Luganhac. The original, sculpted in the wood, from the 12th century, is, with the one in Estables, one of the oldest of the Rouergue. The statue, as the reredos of the church, are classified in the inventory of historic monuments.

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  Architecture

  The fortified farm of Le Vialaret

  This fortified farm depended from the monastic barn of Galinières, next to Pierrefiche d'Olt.

  Its buildings close an indoor court, which the vaulted unique entrance is protected by a gatehouse (small rectangular room situated above the door, with pierced holes in the floor for shots).