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A famous
centre of
Romanesque art,
Conques possesses an exceptional
heritage,
beginning with the tympanum,
a masterpiece
of the 12th century.
It develops
the theme of the Last Judgement,
with 124 characters gathered around
Christ the King.
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The
tympanum of the Conques Abbaye is a Crowning Work
of Romanesque Art
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It
depicts the combat of Good and Evil: on the
left, Hell and on the right, Paradise. On one
side, the pangs of Lucifer and his starving
minions and opposite, the chosen ones who resisted
sin.
A 12th-century Gothic bridge straddles the Alrance,
a cradle of silver trout. Until the end of the
19th century, it consituted the
sole access to the city.
The church with its fortified steeple was constructed
in the 15th century by Lord Jean II d'Arpajon
and his wife Anne de Bourbon. The building served
as a resting place for pilgrims on the way to
Saint Jacques-de-Compostelle. |
The paradise
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