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Memory of Stones
Church of Notre Dame de la Drèche
in Lescure d'Albigeois
The first building was built in the 14th century. Looted during the French Revolution, it was rebuilt in 1859. The interior paintings were made by Father Léon Valette. The church is classified as historical monuments on October 23, 1995
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View of the vault in the center of the octagonal nave
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From 1877 to 1894, the interior received a neo-Gothic decor dedicated to Marian worship, the quality of which is due to the interventions of renowned artists such as the master glassmaker Gesta, the sculptor Mathieu, the painter Bénezet who draws life-size four- twenty-one cartoons made by Father Léon.
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