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The Abbey Church of Saint-Sauveur in Figeac in the Lot was built from the 12th century onwards.

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Figeac is home to the Champollion museum. Jean Francois Champollion was the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs and was born in Figeac on 23 December 1790. The old town of Figeac has plenty of interesting architecture, numerous restaurants, cafes and hotels.

The church shows an interesting mix of styles: parts of the nave date from the 12th and 13th centuries (transitional style from Romanesque to Gothic), but the bell tower was only built in 1827.

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The plan is that of a Romanesque pilgrimage church with a ambulatory that allows to circulate through the building, to see the relics of various saints and to pray. The proportions are balanced: the width of the nave is seven meters, the collaterals are four meters wide, the length of the nave is sixty-two meters, and the height of the closed nave is twenty-one meters.

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Located on the edge of the banks of Célé, Saint-Sauveur Abbey was at the cradle of the city's birth.

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Located on the edge of the banks of the Célé, the Saint-Sauveur abbey was at the origin of the birth of the town. The first nucleus of population formed around it.

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The construction of the Saint-Sauveur cathedral began in 1096 after the separation of the Abbey of Figeac and the Abbey of Conques. However, the construction work took over 200 years. Over the following centuries, there was repeated destruction by war, followed by reconstruction. During this process, the cathedral's original Romanesque character faded more and more, while the neoclassical stylistic elements were further emphasized.

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Note for hikers of Via Podiensis: In the church you get the pilgrim's temple

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