Saint-Volusien — Foix’s abbey church in the old town
The long roof and buttressed walls of Saint-Volusien rise above the houses around the square. From street level, the church is best read in sections as the lanes open onto the building.
From the source
Saint-Volusien is the former abbey church on Place Saint-Volusien in Foix. The French monument register records construction in the twelfth, fourteenth and seventeenth centuries, with campaigns dated 1125 and 1613. The city records that the church was rebuilt over earlier Romanesque remains after destruction in the Wars of Religion. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1964.
Editorial reading
The national monument register records building campaigns in the twelfth, fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. The city records destruction in the Wars of Religion and a seventeenth-century rebuilding over the remains of the Romanesque church. The layers make the church a useful counterpart to the military architecture elsewhere in Foix.
Recommendation
Start at Place Saint-Volusien and follow the exterior before entering. When the church is open outside services, use the parish’s QR-code guide and check current access before making a special trip.
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