Memory of Stones
Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame in Villefranche-de-Rouergue
The Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame is located in the town of Villefranche-de-Rouergue in the department of Aveyron . It was classified as a historic monument by decree of July 15 , 1892
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The nave, divided into four bays from the 14th and 15th centuries, is flanked by chapels built between the buttresses. A slightly larger bay, with polygonal chapels, forms the transept. The first bay of the choir dates from the end of the 14th century while the pentagonal apse is a later date. It began in 1260 but was not completed until around 1340 and the vaults date from the first half of the 15th century .
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The first organs were installed in the collegiate church in 1433.
The organ was built around 1845 by Théodore Puget by reusing six old stops, prior to 1650
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