page_title: Conques
section_title: Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy
hierarchical_section_title: Conques / Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy
caption_attribution_description: English: Saint Faith Abbey Church of Conques, Aveyron, France Українська: Абатська церква святої Віри, Конк, департамент Аверон, Франція. Français&#160;: Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques dans l'Aveyron, France This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as Chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en France. العربية&#160;| asturianu&#160;| беларуская&#160;| беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| català&#160;| čeština&#160;| dansk&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| español&#160;| euskara&#160;| فارسی&#160;| français&#160;| עברית&#160;| hrvatski&#160;| magyar&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| 한국어&#160;| latviešu&#160;| македонски&#160;| മലയാളം&#160;| مازِرونی&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| polski&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| slovenčina&#160;| slovenščina&#160;| Türkçe&#160;| українська&#160;| Tiếng Việt&#160;| 中文&#160;| 中文（中国大陆）‎&#160;| 中文（简体）‎&#160;| 中文（繁體）‎&#160;| 中文（台灣）‎&#160;| +/− This building is indexed in the Base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture,&#160;under the reference PA00093999 . беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| brezhoneg&#160;| català&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| Ελληνικά&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| español&#160;| euskara&#160;| suomi&#160;| français&#160;| magyar&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| svenska&#160;| українська&#160;| العربيَّة&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Conques is a former commune in the Aveyron department in Southern France, in the Occitanie region. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Conques-en-Rouergue.
context_section_description: The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques was a popular stop for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago on their way to Santiago de Compostela in what is now Spain. The main draw for medieval pilgrims at Conques were the remains of Saint Faith ("Sainte-Foy"), a martyred young woman from the fourth century.
  The original monastery building at Conques was an eighth-century oratory built by monks fleeing the Saracens in Spain. The original chapel was destroyed in the eleventh century in order to facilitate the creation of a much larger church   as the arrival of the relics of Sainte-Foy caused the pilgrimage route to shift from Agen to Conques.  The second phase of construction, which was completed by the end of the eleventh-century, included the building of the five radiating chapels, the ambulatory with a lower roof, the choir without the gallery and the nave without the galleries. The third phase of construction, which was completed early in the twelfth-century, was inspired by the churches of Toulouse and Santiago Compostela. Like most pilgrimage churches Conques is a basilica plan that has been modified into a cruciform plan. Galleries were added over the aisle and the roof was raised over the transept and choir to allow people to circulate at the gallery level.  The western aisle was also added to allow for increased pilgrim traffic. The exterior length of the church is 59 meters. The interior length is 56 meters. the width of each transept is 4 meters. The height of the crossing tower is 26.40 meters tall.
  The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1998, as part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France.  Its Romanesque architecture, albeit somewhat updated in places, is displayed in periodic self-guided tour opportunities, especially of the upper level, some of which occur at night with live music and appropriately-adjusted light levels.
caption: The Sainte-Foy abbey church in Conques
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