Day 4-- Knights Templar Sites
Saint Martin d'Londres; Saint Guilhem le Desert; La Couvertoirade; Saint Eulalie; Saint Jean d'Alcapies; Cameres
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La Couvertoirade, Aveyron--Church of Saint Christophe
Access is via steps cut into the rock at the church of Saint Christophe. Built in the 14th century by the Templar and then by the Hospitaler Knights, it is partly dug into the rock and its flat chevet forms part of the village ramparts.
The church possesses surprising contemporary stained glass windows: the work of master glass worker Claude Baillon, they have the particularity of being figurative, which is rare for contemporary stained glass windows.
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